Illinois Supreme Court· 9/30/1991

People v. Edwards

Citations

579 N.E.2d 336
144 Ill. 2d 108
161 Ill. Dec. 788

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when police enter home to execute search warrant, they may arrest resident if they have probable cause
no disproportionate use of peremptory challenges when four challenges were made against African-Americans and 10 against Caucasians, even though no African-Americans were on sworn jury and jury venire had been 10% African-American
no disproportionate use of peremptory challenges when four challenges were made against African-Americans and 10 against Caucasians, even though no African-Americans were on sworn jury and jury venire had been 10% African-American
“a warrant to search for contraband, founded on probable cause, implicitly carries with it the authority to detain occupants of the premises while the search is being conducted”
“If the opponent of the evidence fails to ask for an instruction confining the evidence to its legitimate sphere, he is deemed to have waived any objection he may have.”
no disproportionate use of peremptory challenges when four challenges were made against African-Americans and 10 against Caucasians, even though no African- Americans were on sworn jury and jury venire had been 10% African-American

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Judges: Clark, Calvo, Bilandic, Freeman

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