People v. Quinlan

3 Citing cases

  1. People v. Douglas

    183 Ill. App. 3d 241 (Ill. App. Ct. 1989)   Cited 25 times

    This short time frame and the highly emotional state of K.H. qualifies the tape as a spontaneous declaration. See People v. Quinlan (1980), 85 Ill. App.3d 1079, 1084, 407 N.E.2d 935, 939-40; People v. Hayn (1976), 34 Ill. App.3d 1029, 1035, 341 N.E.2d 182, 187. • 18 Defendant next complains the court erred by allowing Nurse McCain to testify to K.H.'s statements to her concerning the assaults, which McCain recorded in the hospital report.

  2. People v. Tribett

    98 Ill. App. 3d 663 (Ill. App. Ct. 1981)   Cited 49 times
    Upholding stop when suspect darted into an alley after seeing the police

    ( Joynt v. Barnes (1979), 71 Ill. App.3d 187, 388 N.E.2d 1298; People v. Twitty (1975), 25 Ill. App.3d 1065, 324 N.E.2d 222.) Relevancy is established where the fact offered tends to prove a disputed fact or render the matter in issue more or less probable in light of logic experience and accepted assumptions of human behavior. ( People v. Monroe (1977), 66 Ill.2d 317, 362 N.E.2d 295; People v. Quinlan (1980), 85 Ill. App.3d 1079, 407 N.E.2d 935.) The trial court is given a wide scope of discretion in ruling on issues of materiality.

  3. People v. Seider

    98 Ill. App. 3d 175 (Ill. App. Ct. 1981)   Cited 21 times
    In Seider, the defendant was told that he could not discuss his testimony with anyone during a recess between defendant's direct and cross-examination.

    ( People v. Johnson (1979), 74 Ill. App.3d 1037, 393 N.E.2d 40; People v. Rush (1978), 65 Ill. App.3d 596, 382 N.E.2d 630.) Where such inquiry does not contribute significantly to defendant's conviction, it has been held to be harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. ( People v. Johnson; People v. Rush.) It is also well settled that a defendant cannot complain where the prosecutor pursues a line of inquiry which the defendant initiates or invites. ( People v. Saulsbury (1977), 55 Ill. App.3d 663, 371 N.E.2d 165; see also People v. Bridgeforth (1972), 51 Ill.2d 52, 281 N.E.2d 617, appeal dismissed (1972), 409 U.S. 811, 34 L.Ed.2d 66, 93 S.Ct. 100; People v. Quinlan (1980), 85 Ill. App.3d 1079, 407 N.E.2d 935.) Accordingly, the State may inquire into otherwise inadmissible and prejudicial evidence when defendant testifies to such evidence on direct.