92 Ill. App. 2d 341 - People v. Ramirez’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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1. “600 [I]n passing upon the entirety of circumstances surrounding the rendition of [a] confession, our court will lend considerable credence to the findings of the trial judge who saw and heard the witnesses as to matters of credibility. It is a determination which will not ordinarily be disturbed on review, absent some abuse of judicial discretion or unless shown by the attacking party to be contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. People v. Hudson, 38 Ill. 2d 616 , 233 N.E.2d 403 (1968); People v. Hall, 38 Ill. 2d 308 , 231 N.E.2d 416 (1967); People v. Spencer, 27 Ill. 2d 320 , 189 N.E.2d 270 (1963).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 44 Ill. App. 3d 807 - People v. Groleau