Opinion ID: 2631878
Heading Depth: 2
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Heading: admission of bus pass

Text: ¶ 19 Admission of the bus pass into evidence, having been objected to at trial, presents a different analysis. At trial, a Utah student bus pass for the month of August 1997, which was found in defendant's jacket pocket at the time of his arrest, was admitted into evidence over defendant's objection. ¶ 20 On the assumption that no objection was made at trial, defendant urges this court to review the admission of the bus pass for ineffective assistance of counsel and for plain error. However, because our review of the record discloses that trial counsel did in fact object to the admission of the bus pass, we review the trial court's ruling for correctness. ¶ 21 We conclude that the trial court did not err in admitting the bus pass into evidence. The bus pass was found in defendant's pocket at the time of his arrest. Detective Forbes identified it and it was admitted into evidence through his testimony. Trial counsel objected to the bus pass on the grounds that it was hearsay and the trial court correctly overruled the objection. There was no basis, hearsay or otherwise, on which to prevent the bus pass from being admitted into evidence.