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Illinois Supreme Court· 12/21/1987

People v. Foster

Citations

  • 518 N.E.2d 82
  • 119 Ill. 2d 69
  • 115 Ill. Dec. 557
  • 1987 Ill. LEXIS 275

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  • holding that trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding officer's hearsay testimony reliable, notwithstanding lack of corroboration, where information was compiled during an official investigation and evidence was never directly challenged
  • holding that trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding officer’s hearsay testimony reliable, notwithstanding lack of corroboration, where information was compiled during an official investigation and evidence was never directly challenged
  • holding that, in a sentencing hearing, a hearsay objection goes to the weight, rather than the admissibility, of the testimony
  • holding that, although it was uncorroborated, a police officer’s testimony was “not inherently unreliable,” in part because “the officer compiled the information during an official investigation”
  • holding that the trial court did not err in refusing to instruct the jury on involuntary manslaughter where the “record emphatically rejected] the defendant’s assertion that his actions were reckless and not intentional”
  • holding that trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding officer’s hearsay testimony reliable, notwithstanding lack of corroboration, where information was compiled during an official investigation and evidence was never directly challenged

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Judges: Ward, Cunningham, Simon

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