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People v. Rodriguez

Citations

  • 901 N.E.2d 927
  • 387 Ill. App. 3d 812
  • 327 Ill. Dec. 194
  • 2008 Ill. App. LEXIS 1235
  • 2008 WL 5274339

How courts have described this case

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  • endorsing a case-by-case approach to admitting eyewitness expert testimony about the correlation between a witness's certainty and the accuracy of his or her identification
  • even if an instruction was faulty, we will not reverse unless the fault created prejudice
  • the reviewing court will not reverse, even if the instruction was faulty, unless the instruction “clearly misled the jury and resulted in prejudice to the appellant”
  • the reviewing court will not reverse, even if the instruction was faulty, unless the instruction \clearly misled the jury and resulted in prejudice to the appellant\
  • “if a show-up could be invalidated on the ground that the police indicated that they had found a suspect, then no show-up could pass muster”
  • the reviewing court will not reverse, even if the instruction was faulty, unless the instruction \clearly misled the jury and resulted in prejudice to the appellant\

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Judges: Robert E. Gordon

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