Illinois Supreme Court· 10/15/1992

People v. Mitchell

Citations

604 N.E.2d 877
152 Ill. 2d 274
178 Ill. Dec. 354
1992 Ill. LEXIS 152

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holding that a defendant need not interrupt a trial court to correct a trial court’s misapprehension after defense counsel has just argued the same to the court
noting that the introduction of photographs of victims while alive would not render a proceeding fundamentally unfair
noting that the introduction of photographs of victims while alive would not render a proceeding fundamentally unfair
observing that the harmless-error rule applies to confessions allegedly obtained in violation of the fifth amendment
rejecting the State’s argument that the trial court did not find a witness credible where the trial court never said that
finding that the admission of the defendant’s involuntary statement was harmless where the evidence of his guilt was overwhelming because the defendant also confessed his guilt to someone other than the police and physical evidence also linked him to the crime

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