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· 10/25/1989

People v. Eyler

Citations

  • 549 N.E.2d 268
  • 133 Ill. 2d 173
  • 139 Ill. Dec. 756
  • 1989 Ill. LEXIS 149

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • discussing the “superglue” technique to enhance fingerprints and “electrophores” to identify blood traits under the Frye standard
  • discussing the “superglue” technique to enhance fingerprints and “electrophores” to identify blood traits under the Frye standard
  • circuit court's comments did not indicate to the jury that it assumed the defendant would be found guilty
  • circuit court’s comments did not indicate to the jury that it assumed the defendant would be found guilty
  • “[u]ntil the Supreme Court of the United States has spoken, State courts are not precluded from exercising their own judgments on Federal constitutional questions”
  • allowed the use of a “supergluing process” to identify fingerprints and the use of “electrophoresis”

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Judges: Stamos

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