Opinion

People v. Gilliard

  • 112 Ill. App. 3d 799
  • 68 Ill. Dec. 440
  • 445 N.E.2d 1293
  • 1983 Ill. App. LEXIS 1504
Court
Appellate Court of Illinois
Filed
Feb 16, 1983
Status
Published
Author
McNAMARA
On the bench
Rizzi, McNamara
Cited by
12 cases
Authority
More cited than 9.7%

The opinion

McNAMARA, P.J., dissenting:

I dissent. I find no infirmity, constitutional or otherwise, in the State’s exercise of its peremptory challenges. (Swain v. Alabama (1965), 380 U.S. 202 , 13 L. Ed. 2d 759 , 85 S. Ct. 824 ; People v. Harris (1959), 17 Ill. 2d 446 , 161 N.E.2d 809 ; People v. Teague (1982), 108 Ill. App. 3d 891 , 439 N.E.2d 1066 ; People v. Fleming (1980), 91 Ill. App. 3d 99 , 413 N.E.2d 1330 .) This is particularly true in the present case, where by agreement of the parties no report of proceedings was made of the voir dire process and where defendant first objected two days after selection of the jury.

Since defendant’s only assignment of error is the State’s use of its peremptory challenges, I would affirm the judgment of conviction.

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