Legal Opinion

People v. Cortez

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 14, 2005No. 2-04-0935PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE O’MALLEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Paul Cortez, appeals his conviction, after a bench trial, of one count of driving a vehicle with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.08 or greater (625 ILCS 5/11—501(a)(1) (West 2002)). On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred in (1) denying his motion to quash arrest; (2) allowing the State to introduce undisclosed opinion testimony; (3) allowing the State to introduce the result of a blood test; (4) accepting expert testimony converting defendant’s serum blood test results to a whole blood equivalent; and…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. People v. CollinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
  3. People v. SorensonIllinois Supreme Court · 2001
  4. People v. PitmanIllinois Supreme Court · 2004
  5. People v. FosterIllinois Supreme Court · 1979

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. BlairAppellate Court of Illinois · 2009
  2. Petraski v. ThedosAppellate Court of Illinois · 2008
  3. People v. LindmarkAppellate Court of Illinois · 2008
  4. People v. TaylorAppellate Court of Illinois · 2011
  5. People v. BlairAppellate Court of Illinois · 2011

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