Illinois Supreme Court· 7/3/1990

People v. Thomas

Citations

561 N.E.2d 57
137 Ill. 2d 500
148 Ill. Dec. 751
1990 Ill. LEXIS 79

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if the facts in question are not elements of the offense, any variance between the alleged facts and the evidence at trial is not fatal
“we think *** that the crime of murder is not necessarily complete when the victim’s heart stops beating, but rather the crime continues throughout the time that the perpetrator conceals the crime and flees the scene”
the appellate court in a prior case held that electrophoresis is generally accepted; thus, “[d]efendant’s challenges to the process *** were held in the proper forum; that is, in front of the jury by cross-examination of prosecution witnesses and presentation of defendant’s own witnesses”
“The Partee decision allowed the trial court in this case to effectively take judicial notice of the fact that the relevant scientific community, that is, the community of forensic scientists, has determined that the process itself is reliable.”
trial court did not err by failing to hold a Frye hearing on admissibility of electrophoresis testimony after taking judicial notice of electrophoresis as an accepted scientific procedure based on the prior decision in People v. Partee, 157 Ill. App. 3d 231 (1987
appellate courts may take judicial notice of appellate court decisions

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Judges: Ryan, Clark

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