The prosecutor objected, stating it was irrelevant to the issue at trial, the sending of the post-it note to JoEllen. The trial court sustained the objection. The next day when the exhibits to be sent to the jury were gathered, defense counsel discovered the card was sealed in a plastic envelope and the jury would not be able to read the handwritten message to his daughter defendant had added to the inside of the card. He objected and asked the court to allow the jury to read the inside message because it was important to defendant's case the jury see the type of card to which the State claimed he had attached his post-it note as opposed to defendant's testimony he had attached the note to a separate letter to JoEllen. The trial court denied defendant's motion.
Evidence is relevant only if it tends to prove any material fact in issue.
197 Ill. App. Defendant admitted sending the post-it note to JoEllen. It is irrelevant to what other written communication he attached the note. The sending of the note itself constituted harassment, not the nature of the other communication to which it was attached. The inside message of the card did not tend to prove any fact in controversy or render any issue more or less probable.