Illinois Supreme Court· 10/15/1992

People v. Smith

Citations

604 N.E.2d 858
152 Ill. 2d 229
178 Ill. Dec. 335
1992 Ill. LEXIS 143

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holding that trustworthiness of declarant’s statement “stems not from . . . competency, but rather from the unique (continued...
finding lack of sufficient time to fabricate where murder witness made statement of police officer within ten minutes of murder
defendant’s statement of “ ‘leave me alone’ ” was not an invocation of right to silence
excited utterances are sufficiently reliable to be admitted even where the declarant is incompetent
“This court has determined that the protections afforded by article I, section 6, of our State constitution against ‘unreasonable’ searches and seizures are substantially identical to those provided by the fourth amendment.”
no reasonable expectation of privacy in a conversation that occurred in an apartment building’s unlocked common area that was shared by other tenants, the landlord, their social guests, and other invitees

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