People v. Corral (2019)

People v. Corral, 2019 IL App (1st) 171501, ¶ 85 (citing People v. Adams, 109 Ill. 2d 102, 115 (1985)).

Cf. Corral, 2019 IL App (1st) 171501, ¶¶ 5, 98 (finding, where the defendant was only one of three lineup participants who matched the witness’s description of a “ ‘younger male Hispanic,’ ” and where a fourth lineup participant was 30 years old and heavyset, that the lineup procedure was not suggestive). ¶ 38 Moreover, defendant makes too much of Reilley’s testimony about body stature.

“Minor inconsistencies in the testimony between witnesses or within one witness’s testimony may affect the weight of the evidence but do not automatically create a reasonable doubt of guilt.” People v. Corral, 2019 IL App (1st) 171501, ¶ 85 (citing People v. Adams, 109 Ill. 2d 102, 115 (1985)).

People v. Torres, 228 Ill. 2d 382, 395 , 888 N.E.2d 91, 100 (2008); People v. Graham, 206 Ill. 2d 465, 476 , 795 N.E.2d 231, 238 (2003). ¶ 26 Section 107A-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Code) outlines the standards and procedures for identification lineups. 725 ILCS 5/107A-2 (West 2016); see People v. Corral, 2019 IL App (1st) 171501, ¶ 96 , 126 N.E.3d 632 .

Gray, 2017 IL 120958, ¶ 35 ; see also People v. Corral, 2019 IL App (1st) 171501, ¶ 85 , 126 N.E.3d 632 (“Minor inconsistencies in the testimony between witnesses *** may affect the weight of the evidence but do not automatically create a reasonable doubt of guilt.”). ¶ 63 c.

See Corral, 2019 IL App (1st) 171501, ¶ 91 (noting that “physical evidence and a motive for the shooting were unnecessary to corroborate an eyewitness account”); People v. Herron, 2012 IL App (1st) 090663, ¶ 23 (“[b]ecause the trial court found [the witness’s] identification and testimony to be credible, the lack of physical evidence had no bearing on [the defendant’s] conviction”); People v. Anderson, 2017 IL App (1st) 122640, ¶ 55 (“The State is not required to prove motiv…

See People v. Corral, 2019 IL App (1st) 171501, ¶ 71 (“The reviewing court will not retry the defendant or substitute its judgment for that of the trier of fact on questions involving the weight of the evidence, conflicts in the testimony, or the credibility of witnesses.”). ¶ 26 In light of the foregoing, we conclude that the evidence, when viewed in a light most favorable to the State, was sufficient to establish that defendant and Sandstrom were family or household member…

See Corral, 2019 IL App (1st) 171501, ¶ 81 .

See People v. Corral, 2019 IL App (1st) 171501, ¶ 90 , 126 N.E.2d 632 (collecting cases).