Appellate Court of Illinois· 5/19/1997

People v. Grisset

Citations

681 N.E.2d 1010
288 Ill. App. 3d 620
224 Ill. Dec. 389
1997 Ill. App. LEXIS 301

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stating that the recent fabrication exception requires demonstrating that the prior statement was made before the witness had a motive to testify falsely
“mutual combat does not constitute a fight in which one of the parties acts in self-defense”
“mutual combat does not constitute a fight in which one of the parties acts in self-defense”
because the defendant had a motive to fabricate a claim of self-defense at the time of his arrest, a prior consistent statement from that time could not be used to rebut the inference that he was motivated to testify falsely at trial

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Judges: O'Brien

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