· 3/30/2010
People v. McWHITE
Citations
- 927 N.E.2d 152
- 399 Ill. App. 3d 637
- 339 Ill. Dec. 611
- 2010 Ill. App. LEXIS 250
How courts have described this case
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- “Generally, statements made prior to trial are inadmissible for the purpose of corroborating trial testimony ***.”
- “However, the mere introduction of contradictory evidence, without more, does not constitute an implied charge of fabrication or motive to lie.”
- “To determine whether an ordinary trial error, such as the improper admission of hearsay evidence, was harmless, we must ask whether the verdict would have been different if the evidence had not been admitted.”
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