People v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that police reports may be used for impeachment
• recognizing that police reports may be used for impeachment
• recognizing that police reports may be used for impeachment
• the State may not, under the guise of the doctrine of curative admissibility, violate the rules of evidence under the rationale of neutralizing an inference that is favorable to the accused
• the State may not, under the guise of the doctrine of curative admissibility, violate the rules of evidence under the rationale of neutralizing an inference that is favorable to the accused
• “While it is true that police reports may be used for impeachment or refreshing a witness’ recollection, it is well-settled that police reports are inadmissible hearsay not subject to any recognized exception to the hearsay rule.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Liner
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-03-10· cited 32×
• People v. Miller
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-06-12· cited 9×
• American Access Casualty Company v. Alassouli
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-06-09· cited 8×
• People v. Rivera
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2011-04-07· cited 5×
• People v. Toliver
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-04-19· cited 3×
• People v. Pacheco
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2021-07-12· cited 2×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. St. Pierre
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-03-30· cited 61×
• People v. Garrett
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-06-28· cited 31×
• People v. Gagliani
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-03-12· cited 24×