Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Forrest v. Winston-Bey

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided August 19, 1993No. 1-90-2224Published

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hoffman

The defendant, Sidney Winston-Bey, appeals from a judgment entered against him after a jury found that he was the father of a child bom to the plaintiff, Vera Forrest. We consider: (1) whether the jury’s verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence because the plaintiff’s testimony was unreliable; (2) whether the blood test results were probative of parentage when the plaintiff’s testimony that she and the defendant had intercourse was insufficient; (3) whether the blood test was reliable; and (4) whether the defendant was denied due process. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. Little v. StreaterSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Mills v. HabluetzelSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. State of Minnesota ex rel. Gulley v. CaldwellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1990

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