Illinois Supreme Court· 9/21/1995

People v. Robinson

Citations

656 N.E.2d 1090
167 Ill. 2d 53
212 Ill. Dec. 256
1995 Ill. LEXIS 170

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holding that other crimes evidence was admissible to prove identity under a theory of modus operandi where the first offense was “sufficiently similar to be probative on the issue of whether the defendant committed the [second offense]”
holding other crimes evidence was properly admitted to establish modus operandi when the defendant attacked older women as they exited their garages in the same area of Chicago
holding other crimes evidence was properly admitted to establish modus operandi when the defendant attacked older women as they exited their garages in the same area of Chicago
holding other crimes evidence was properly admitted to establish modus operandi when the defendant attacked older women as they exited their garages in the same area of Chicago
admissibility of other-crimes evidence rests within sound discretion of trial court and its decision will not be overturned absent a clear abuse thereof
defendant convicted of armed robbery and armed violence and sentenced to one sentence of natural-life imprisonment

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