Legal Opinion

People v. Basile

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided July 25, 1974No. 11844PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trapp

Defendant was charged with conspiracy, armed violence and burglary. A jury found him not guilty of armed violence and guilty of conspiracy and burglary. Sentence of 2 to 6 years was imposed upon the order of conviction for burglary only.

On appeal defendant urges that he was denied a fair trial as a result of prejudicial comments in the prosecutor’s closing argument, that his motion to suppress certain evidence was improperly denied, and that it was error to deny his motions for discovery of police reports.

The prosecution was upon charges of the burglary of the Kohler residence in McLean…

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2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Jencks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Palermo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. BurlesonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
  2. People v. HoustonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  3. People v. DanielsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1997
  4. People v. BasileAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
  5. People v. DanielsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1997

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