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· 1/22/1960

The People v. O'Neil

Citations

  • 165 N.E.2d 319
  • 18 Ill. 2d 461
  • 1960 Ill. LEXIS 275

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that the threat of suicide was similar to flight because it tended to show consciousness of guilt
  • explaining that the threat of suicide is similar to flight because it tends to show consciousness of guilt
  • explaining that the threat of suicide is similar to flight because it tends to show consciousness of guilt
  • corpus delicti need not be proven by evidence completely independent of that implicating the accused
  • voluntary confession of an accused is insufficient, without corroborating evidence, to authorize a conviction
  • voluntary confession of an accused is insufficient, without corroborating evidence, to authorize a conviction

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