· 8/27/1981
People v. Medreno
Citations
- 425 N.E.2d 588
- 99 Ill. App. 3d 449
- 54 Ill. Dec. 723
- 1981 Ill. App. LEXIS 3182
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- where defendant could produce no other witnesses to establish his defense, “his credibility was of the utmost importance to the jury’s search for the truth” and “[exclusion of a prior conviction could have deprived the State of using the only effective means of questioning his credibility”
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Judges: Heiple
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