Illinois Supreme Court· 10/22/1982

People v. Weaver

Citations

442 N.E.2d 255
92 Ill. 2d 545
65 Ill. Dec. 944
1982 Ill. LEXIS 358

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failure to disclose violates discovery rule regardless of whether State’s neglect was inadvertent or purposeful
impeachment is useful only when the witness’s testimony is more damaging than a complete failure to testify at all
failure to disclose violates discovery rule regardless of whether State’s neglect was inadvertent or purposeful
a new trial should be granted where the defendant is prejudiced by the discovery violation and the trial court failed to eliminate the prejudice
“ ‘[W]here a conversation is related by a witness the opposing party has a right to bring out all of the conversation on cross- examination.’ ” (quoting People v. Nakutin, 364 Ill. 563, 571 (1936))
the defendant was prejudiced when a witness was not allowed to testify that the defendant discussed a certain topic with her, because, under the circumstances, evidence that the topic had been discussed would have made the defendant’s version of events more plausible

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Judges: Simon, Ward

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