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People v. Yancy

Citations

  • 858 N.E.2d 454
  • 306 Ill. Dec. 657
  • 368 Ill. App. 3d 381
  • 2005 Ill. App. LEXIS 1298

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  • holding that “in finding that an enhanced sentence was warranted, the sentencing court was entitled to rely on evidence *** in defendant’s PSI”
  • holding that “in finding that an enhanced sentence was warranted, the sentencing court was entitled to rely on evidence *** in defendant’s PSI”
  • fingerprint examiner’s testimony that the quality assurance department agreed with her identification was offered to prove the truth of the matter it asserted, namely, that the department found the prints were defendant’s
  • “[T]he admission of hearsay *** testimony is harmless error when it is merely cumulative.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.)
  • error harmless where there was no evidence to overcome the presumption that the trial judge disregarded hearsay testimony
  • hearsay fingerprint identification testimony was cumulative of testifying expert’s testimony and did not warrant reversal

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Judges: Greiman

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