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People v. Roberts

Citations

  • 450 N.E.2d 451
  • 115 Ill. App. 3d 384
  • 71 Ill. Dec. 16
  • 1983 Ill. App. LEXIS 1898

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  • holding that refusal to take a potentially incriminating test, such as a field sobriety test, is evidence of knowledge of guilt
  • evidence of a driver’s refusal exposes him to an inference regarding his state of mind about the likely results of that test
  • evidence of the defendant’s refusal admissible as probative of the issue of his intoxication

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Judges: Reinhard

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