Appellate Court of Illinois· 9/25/1981

People v. Freeman

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426 N.E.2d 1220
100 Ill. App. 3d 478
55 Ill. Dec. 846
1981 Ill. App. LEXIS 3352

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“[D]efense counsel need not show beforehand that any promises of leniency have been made or any expectations of special favor exist in the mind of the witness.”
where the facts “reasonably warranted the conclusion that [the witness] might have been leniency-motivated to testify against the defendant, *** defense counsel should have been allowed to explore that possibility of cross-examination”
where the facts “reasonably - 10 - No. 1-17-1964 warranted the conclusion that [the witness] might have been leniency-motivated to testify against the defendant, *** defense counsel should have been allowed to explore that possibility of cross- examination”

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