Appellate Court of Illinois· 3/13/1997

People v. Taylor

Citations

679 N.E.2d 82
287 Ill. App. 3d 800
223 Ill. Dec. 138
1997 Ill. App. LEXIS 113

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holding that a witness’s prior testimony was admissible under the former-testimony and statement-against-interest hearsay exceptions
holding that posttrial motion testimony of unavailable witness was properly admitted at defendant’s retrial where “[t]he testimony was given at a proceeding that afforded a meaningful opportunity to cross-examine [the unavailable witness] on the issue of guilt or innocence”
holding that posttrial motion testimony of unavailable witness was properly admitted at defendant’s retrial where “[t]he testimony was given at a proceeding that afforded a meaningful opportunity to cross-examine [the unavailable witness] on the issue of guilt or innocence”
motive and focus of testimony of an unavailable third party, who confessed to crime in a posttrial motion following trial and conviction, would be the same as what would have been derived at retrial
trial court erred in denying admission of an unavailable witness who confessed to the crime where defense counsel would have been able to tailor overall trial strategy to place blame on specific individual at new trial

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Judges: Kuehn

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