Appellate Court of Illinois· 9/8/2008

People v. Ortiz

Citations

896 N.E.2d 791
385 Ill. App. 3d 1
324 Ill. Dec. 715
2008 Ill. App. LEXIS 902

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holding that “[b]ecause the postconviction trial judge is in the best position to observe and weigh the credibility of witnesses testifying at an evidentiary hearing, his findings of fact will not be overturned unless those findings are manifestly erroneous”
discussing the cumulative evidence now available to the defendant, in order to determine whether the result would probably change at retrial
discussing the cumulative evidence now available to the defendant, in order to determine whether the result would probably change at retrial
discussing the cumulative evidence now available to the defendant, in order to determine whether the result would probably change at retrial
discussing the combined effect of all the evidence available to the defendant on a successive postconviction petition, and whether, when added to the evidence presented at trial, it would likely lead to a different result

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Judges: Gordon, Cahill, McBride

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