· 2/14/1940
Rosenthal v. Michael Tauber & Co.
Citations
- 303 Ill. App. 652
- 25 N.E.2d 841
- 1940 Ill. App. LEXIS 1267
How courts have described this case
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- holding that it was plain error for the court to fail to warn the jury about credibility problems with an accomplice’s testimony when the testimony was crucial, extremely unreliable, and comprised the sum total of the evidence against the defendant amounted to plain error
- reversing conviction because judge failed to caution jury against placing too much reliance on accomplice’s critical testimony
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Judges: Burke
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