Illinois Supreme Court· 4/5/1977

People v. Wilson

Citations

362 N.E.2d 291
66 Ill. 2d 346
5 Ill. Dec. 820
1977 Ill. LEXIS 259

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observing that this court has never questioned the wisdom of treating an accomplice witness’s testimony with skepticism and suspicion
“whether accomplice testimony, corroborated or uncorroborated, is a satisfactory basis for conviction goes to the weight of the evidence and is, therefore, in the province of the jury or the court”
‘whether accomplice testimony, corroborated or uncorroborated, is a satisfactory basis for conviction goes to the weight of the evidence and is, therefore, in the province of the jury or the court’
'whether accomplice testimony, corroborated or uncorroborated, is a satisfactory basis for conviction goes to the weight of the evidence and is, therefore, in the province of the jury or the court'
“[W]hether accomplice testimony, corroborated or uncorroborated, is a satisfactory basis for conviction goes to the weight of the evidence and is, therefore, in the province of the jury or the court.”

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Judges: Clark, Moran

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