SHERIDAN

v.

ILLINOIS

Citator

Cited By

• Montgomery v. Petersen, 846 F.2d 407 (7th Cir. 1988)
  …courts have recognized the great importance to the defendant of evidence of direct contradiction or material corroboration from other sources. See People v. Sheridan, 51 Ill.App.3d 963, 10 Ill.Dec. 34, 36, 367 N.E. 2d 422, 424 (1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 975, 98 S.Ct. 1622, 56 L.Ed.2d 68 (1978). The other additional witnesses who testified at trial did not alter the basic nature of this case as a “swearing match” between the accomplice and the petitioner. Wayne Montgomery’s testimony was corroborated b…
• Hutchins v. Garrison, 724 F.2d 1425 (4th Cir. 1983)
  …rth Circuit has, however, on three occasions overturned convictions because of a trial court’s refusal to grant a continuance. Two of the cases are inapplicable to the present case. United States v. Evans, 569 F. 2d 209 (4th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 975, 98 S.Ct. 1624, 56 L.Ed.2d 69 (1979) (counsel appointed on Friday, trial on following Tuesday); Shirley v. North Carolina, 528 F. 2d 819 (4th Cir.1975) (trial court refused continuance to allow defendant to procure testimony of a necessary witness,…
• United States v. Tempesta, 587 F.2d 931 (8th Cir. 1978)
  …the basis of Michelson v. United States, 335 U.S. 469, 69 S.Ct. 213, 93 L.Ed. 168 (1948); United States v. Burgard, 551 F. 2d 190 (8th Cir. 1977); and Fed.R.Evid. 405(a). See also United States v. Evans, 569 F. 2d 209, 210 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 975, 98 S.Ct. 1624, 56 L.Ed.2d 69 (1978); 2 Weinstein’s Evidence 1405[2] at 405-20 and H 405[4] at 405 — 40. We believe the questioning which occurred was proper. The trial court recognized in its post-trial memorandum that the better practice is for th…