Court Opinion

ID: 9520883
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 01:52:38.535988+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:47:10.857893
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE COOK, specially concurring: I agree that defendants do not have a constitutional right to view all discovery materials and that the decision of which materials to furnish lies within defense counsel’s discretion. I do not share the majority’s concern that defense attorneys will conspire with their former clients by agreeing to testify falsely on postconviction petitions. 292 Ill. App. 3d at 989. I disagree that it is necessary for us to construct any special rule in order to prevent such misconduct. In the unlikely event that such misconduct would occur, severe sanctions already exist to deal with it.