Court Opinion

ID: 9524795
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 02:57:18.075168+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:11:57.945412
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JUSTICE RAKOWSKI, concurring in part and dissenting in part: I agree that the admission of Laverne Kinsloe’s prior inconsistent statement was error and that the error was not harmless. However, unlike the majority, I believe that the remaining evidence, taken in a light most favorable to the prosecution, is such that a rational trier of fact could find the essential elements of heinous battery (720 ILCS 5/12 — 4.1 (West 1994)) beyond a reasonable doubt. Thus, although the evidence of defendant’s guilt is not so overwhelming as to render the error harmless, it is nevertheless sufficient to convict. See People v. Enis, 139 Ill. 2d 264, 298, 564 N.E.2d 1155 (1990). I would reverse the judgment of the circuit court and remand for a new trial.