Appellate Court of Illinois· 12/20/1984

People v. Davis

Citations

473 N.E.2d 387
130 Ill. App. 3d 41
85 Ill. Dec. 19
1984 Ill. App. LEXIS 2663

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holding that certain hearsay testimony was inadmissible where “the only conceivable purpose” for eliciting it was “to raise the highly prejudicial inference that the defendant’s own mother believed him to be guilty of the crimes charged”
holding that certain hearsay testimony was inadmissible where “the only conceivable purpose” for eliciting it was “to raise the highly prejudicial inference that the defendant’s own mother believed him to be guilty of the crimes charged”
holding statements were not spontaneous declarations where they “were repetitions made some time after the event and in response to questioning”
observing that “Illinois Supreme Court Rule 412 *** governs the mechanics of criminal discovery”
finding it was reversible error to admit a victim’s prior consistent statements that after the crime, she told a friend, her mother, and a police officer she had been robbed and beaten
finding it was reversible error to admit a victim’s prior consistent statements that after the crime, she told a friend, her mother, and a police officer she had been robbed and beaten

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Judges: Linn

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