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Cancelled Checks Admitted Into Evidence As Computerized Business Records Over Defendant’s Hearsay Objection – IL 4th Dist.

People v. Doggett, 2014 IL App (4th) 120773-U, examines the business records hearsay exception through the lens of a criminal elder abuse case where copies of cancelled checks were integral to the State’s case. In affirming the defendant’s conviction, the Court answered some important questions concerning the admissibility of computer-generated records and when documents generated …

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