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· 3/18/1987

People v. Wofford

Citations

  • 509 N.E.2d 1026
  • 156 Ill. App. 3d 238
  • 109 Ill. Dec. 187
  • 1987 Ill. App. LEXIS 2559

How courts have described this case

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  • finding lack of time to fabricate where shooting victim ran down street, collapsed, hysterical, in great pain, and bleeding profusely
  • finding lack of time to fabricate where shooting victim ran down street, collapsed, hysterical, in great pain, and bleeding profusely
  • finding victim’s statement to police -officer who arrived at the scene several minutes after shooting admissible as a spontaneous declaration based upon fact that at the time he made the statement, the victim had collapsed on the ground, was in great pain, and was bleeding profusely
  • finding victim's statement to police officer who arrived at the scene several minutes after shooting admissible as a spontaneous declaration based upon fact that at the time he made the statement, the victim had collapsed on the ground, was in great pain, and was bleeding profusely
  • “A judge’s remarks must be a material factor in defendant’s conviction or the prejudice to defendant must appear as their probable result.”

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Judges: Freeman

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