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People v. Engle

Citations

  • 813 N.E.2d 761
  • 351 Ill. App. 3d 284
  • 286 Ill. Dec. 285
  • 2004 Ill. App. LEXIS 849

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  • finding erroneously admitted bolstering statements did not constitute reversible error but were merely cumulative of witness’s testimony, and it was unlikely that the jury would have acquitted the defendant barring the statements
  • finding erroneously admitted bolstering statements did not constitute reversible error but were merely cumulative of witness's testimony, and it was unlikely that the jury would have acquitted the defendant barring the statements
  • “[g]enerally, an inference that a witness’s in-court testimony is of recent fabrication arises from negative evidence that the witness did not speak of the matter at a time when it would have been natural for him to do so”

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Judges: Slater, Holdridge, O'Brien

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