Legal Opinion
People v. Rayford
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided November 1, 1976No. 75-163PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN
delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Jefferson County, entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of the offense of aggravated battery. The court sentenced him to not less than two years nor more than six years in the State penitentiary.
As grounds for reversal, the defendant argues that the trial court erred in excluding a witness offered by the defense as an expert, whose testimony would tend to call into question the credibility of the State’s only eyewitness to the shooting. This expert witness was…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Tehan v. United States Ex Rel. ShottSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Taylor v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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- People v. LewisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988
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- People v. JacksonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
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