Legal Opinion
People v. McClain
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 12, 1995No. 4-93-0417PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE KNECHT
delivered the opinion of the court:
After a jury trial, defendant Willie McClain was found guilty of aggravated battery and two counts of first-degree murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, pars. 12 — 4, 9 — 1). Defendant appeals and seeks a new trial, asserting the trial court erred by failing to (1) allow certain cross-examination of a prosecution witness, and (2) properly instruct the jury. We affirm.
Patrick Kelly, a police officer for the City of Champaign, was working in the early morning hours of May 11, 1992. Around 3:45 a.m. he was dispatched to investigate a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Taylor v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- People v. TerryIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
- People v. CobbIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
- People v. JohnsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
- People v. HowardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Solomon Monroe v. Randy J. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
- People v. McClainAppellate Court of Illinois · 1997
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- People v. RedmondAppellate Court of Illinois · 2003
- People v. DuncanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1998
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