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People v. Lopez

Citations

  • 892 N.E.2d 1047
  • 229 Ill. 2d 322
  • 323 Ill. Dec. 55
  • 2008 Ill. LEXIS 630

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  • holding that a retrial raises double jeopardy concerns requiring us to consider the sufficiency of the evidence
  • holding that court was “required” to consider sufficiency of the evidence against defendant notwithstanding his failure to contest it where court was remanding for a new trial
  • holding that court was “required” to consider sufficiency of the evidence against defendant notwithstanding his failure to contest it where court was remanding for a new trial
  • finding that a rational trier of fact could have found defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt based on the now-suppressed confession and other corroborating circumstances
  • finding that a rational trier of fact could have found defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt based on the now-suppressed confession and other corroborating circumstances
  • explaining that where a case is reversed because of admission of improper evidence, a remand for retrial “raises double jeopardy concerns, and we are therefore required to consider the sufficiency of the evidence against defendant.”

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Judges: Fitzgerald, Freeman

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