Legal Opinion
Theodore Smith v. Jerry Springer, Richard O'connell, and Daniel Chilla
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 31, 1988No. 87-2452PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Chief Judge.
On May 12, 1968, Theodore Smith was arrested and charged with the rape of Shirley Johnson. Ms. Johnson had reported a rape to the Chicago Police Department on April 25, 1968. Chicago police officers escorted her to Billings Hospital at the University of Chicago where a doctor examined her. The doctor took a vaginal smear which failed to show the presence of sperm. According to a police report introduced at Smith’s trial, Officer Daniel Chil-la, picked up a second swab from a hospital clerk, R. Brown, and took it to the police crime laboratory where tests uncovered evidence…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Wooley v. MaynardSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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