People v. Savory

4 Citing cases

  1. People v. Sullivan

    538 N.E.2d 1376 (Ill. App. Ct. 1989)   Cited 6 times

    See Collins, 106 Ill.2d at 262, 478 N.E.2d at 277. Cf. People v. Williams (1976), 65 Ill.2d 258, 357 N.E.2d 525; People v. Savory (1978), 62 Ill. App.3d 750, 379 N.E.2d 372. Defendant also argues on appeal that his sentence must be reversed because the trial court improperly considered his post-crime behavior toward Hicks' family and ignored his potential for rehabilitation. Again we disagree.

  2. People v. Nathaniel

    103 Ill. App. 3d 610 (Ill. App. Ct. 1981)   Cited 9 times
    In People v. Nathaniel, 59 Ill.Dec. 323, 103 Ill.App.3d 610, 431 N.E.2d 1080 (1981), the right to a peremptory challenge as provided for under Illinois law was contested.

    Defendant claims she was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt because her conviction rests solely upon the testimony of Bernice Albright, an accomplice witness. (See People v. Kiel (1979), 75 Ill. App.3d 1030, 394 N.E.2d 883; People v. Savory (1978), 62 Ill. App.3d 750, 379 N.E.2d 372.) She argues that Albright's testimony is totally unbelievable and was motivated by defendant's own accusations that Albright was the perpetrator of the crime.

  3. People v. Bennett

    90 Ill. App. 3d 64 (Ill. App. Ct. 1980)   Cited 13 times

    Accomplice testimony is therefore subject to careful scrutiny, and if uncorroborated, is sufficient to sustain a conviction only if it carries an "absolute conviction of the truth." ( Wilson, 66 Ill.2d 346, 349-50, 362 N.E.2d 291, 292; People v. Savory (1978), 62 Ill. App.3d 750, 752, 379 N.E.2d 372, 374.) However, whether accomplice testimony is a satisfactory basis for conviction goes to the weight of the evidence, and is therefore a question for the finder of fact. ( Wilson, 66 Ill.2d 346, 349, 362 N.E.2d 291, 292; People v. Hansen (1963), 28 Ill.2d 322, 332, 192 N.E.2d 359, 364.

  4. People v. Rettig

    410 N.E.2d 1099 (Ill. App. Ct. 1980)   Cited 8 times
    Finding no marital privilege violation when a wife testified as to what was written on a package that her defendant-husband stole because she was providing a description, not relaying a communication between herself and her husband

    ( People v. Kiel (1979), 75 Ill. App.3d 1030, 394 N.E.2d 883.) It is also true, as defendant asserts, that accomplice testimony may be attended with serious infirmities, such as malice towards the accused. (See People v. Savory (1978), 62 Ill. App.3d 750, 379 N.E.2d 372.) However, Mrs. Rettig was not even charged as an accomplice in this case, though her malice for her husband was attempted to be proved otherwise.