Legal Opinion

People v. Saffold

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 19, 1977No. 61282, 63239 consPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Perlin

Defendant was indicted for rape and robbery, waived his right to a jury trial and was found guilty by the court on both charges. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 5 to 8 years on the rape conviction and 2 to 4 years on the robbery conviction. On appeal he contends that the trial court erred in that (1) the trial court should not have admitted testimony of a police officer that the complaining witness had identified the defendant as her assailant at a lineup, (2) the trial court should have admitted into evidence the results of a polygraph examination taken by the defendant even though…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. The PEOPLE v. HaltemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
  2. The PEOPLE v. CatlettIllinois Supreme Court · 1971
  3. People v. ZazzettaIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
  4. People v. ColemanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
  5. People v. KellerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1970

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. MartiSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
  2. People v. AndersonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  3. People v. MoniganAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
  4. People v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
  5. People v. BaseerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980

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