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· 9/22/1988

People v. Fierer

Citations

  • 529 N.E.2d 972
  • 124 Ill. 2d 176
  • 124 Ill. Dec. 855
  • 1988 Ill. LEXIS 127

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the State need not prove that the given weapon was the one actually used in order to make it admissible
  • rejecting harmless error because incorrect instruction might have altered the outcome of the trial
  • rejecting harmless error because incorrect instruction might have altered the outcome of the trial
  • rejecting harmless error because incorrect instruction might have altered the outcome of the trial
  • “Constitutional errors, of course, must be shown to be harmless beyond a reasonable doubt”

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Judges: Ryan, Stamos

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