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People v. McClanahan

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 2000No. 86953Published

1Opinion of the Court 1

Docket No. 86953–Agenda 19–September 1999.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DONALD E. McCLANAHAN, Appellant.

Opinion filed April 20, 2000.

2Opinion of the Court · RathjeJustice Rathje

At issue in this appeal is the constitutionality of section 115–15 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5/115–15 (West 1998)). This section allows the State, in prosecutions under the Cannabis Control Act (720 ILCS 550/1 et seq . (West 1998)) or the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (720 ILCS 570/100 et seq . (West 1998)), to use lab reports in lieu of actual testimony as prima facie evidence of the contents of the substance…

Also in this document: Dissent.

3Cases cited60 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  4. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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