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· 11/30/1967

The PEOPLE v. Rhodes

Citations

  • 231 N.E.2d 400
  • 38 Ill. 2d 389
  • 1967 Ill. LEXIS 317

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating, “The State’s Attorney is the representative of the People and has the responsibility of evaluating the evidence and other pertinent factors and determining what offense can properly and should properly be charged.”
  • where alternate juror went into jury room to get her coat and was not present during jury deliberations, her presence did not require reversal of defendant’s conviction
  • prosecutor is the representative of the people and “has the responsibility of evaluating the evidence and other pertinent factors and determining what offense can properly and should properly be charged”
  • when alternate juror went into jury room to retrieve her coat and was not present during jury deliberations, her presence did not require reversal of defendant’s conviction
  • where alternate juror went into the jury room to get her coat and was not present during jury deliberations, her presence did not require reversal of defendant’s conviction
  • where alternate juror went into jury room to get her coat and was not present during jury deliberations or when foreman was selected, her presence did not require reversal of defendant's conviction

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Judges: Ward

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