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People v. Godsey

Citations

  • 383 N.E.2d 988
  • 74 Ill. 2d 64
  • 23 Ill. Dec. 117
  • 1978 Ill. LEXIS 379

How courts have described this case

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  • likelihood that inference of witness’ guilt transferred to defendant, because fifth amendment plea directed toward the same criminal involvement as that for which defendant was on trial
  • reversible error where prosecutor referred to prior fifth amendment invocation of the defendant’s wife

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Moran, Ryan, Underwood

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