Legal Opinion

People v. Bryant

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided September 1, 1981No. 80-1112PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stamos

Following a jury trial, defendant Dennis Bryant was convicted on two counts of armed robbery. Defendant appeals, contending that identification testimony should have been suppressed, that the trial court erred in allowing a witness to be called as a court’s witness and in permitting the impeachment of that witness, that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, that the prosecutor made improper and prejudicial remarks in his closing argument, and that the trial court erred in entering judgment on two convictions when both counts arose from a single act.

At about 6:30 a.m. on December…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Fahy v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. The PEOPLE v. HolidayIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
  5. The People v. CollinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1971

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. BryantIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
  2. People v. BarbourAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  3. People v. RufusAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  4. People v. BarbourAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  5. People v. BryantIllinois Supreme Court · 1983

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