· 9/29/1970
Plank v. Holman
Citations
- 264 N.E.2d 12
- 46 Ill. 2d 465
- 1970 Ill. LEXIS 502
How courts have described this case
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- finding that the truth-seeking process is best served by requiring direct evidence, rather than secondary evidence
- finding that the truth-seeking process is best served by requiring direct evidence, rather than secondary evidence
- stating that “expert reconstruction testimony is proper, even where there is an eyewitness, if what the expert offers is ‘knowledge and application of principles of science beyond the ken of the average juror’ ”
- expert testimony is proper if it offers \knowledge and application of principles of science beyond the ken of the average juror\
- expert testimony is proper if it offers “knowledge and application of principles of science beyond the ken of the average juror”
- expert testimony is proper if it offers \knowledge and application of principles of science beyond the ken of the average juror\
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Judges: O'Brien
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