# People v. Gilliard

> Appellate Court of Illinois · February 16, 1983 · 112 Ill. App. 3d 799

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9730919

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STEVEN GILLIARD, Defendant-Appellant
- **Court:** Appellate Court of Illinois
- **Decided:** February 16, 1983
- **Citations:** 112 Ill. App. 3d 799; 68 Ill. Dec. 440; 445 N.E.2d 1293; 1983 Ill. App. LEXIS 1504
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by McNAMARA
- **Judges:** Rizzi, McNamara
- **Cited by:** 12 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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