Court Opinion

ID: 9715258
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:58:46.556601+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:32.991792
License: Public Domain

SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION ON DENIAL OF REHEARING Mr. JUSTICE STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant David Wilken has filed a petition for rehearing requesting that we reach the question of whether the evidence adduced at trial was sufficient to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. In view of the mandate of the supreme court in People v. Taylor (1979), 76 Ill. 2d 289, 391 N.E.2d 366, that this question be addressed when raised and an appellate court reverses a criminal conviction and remands the cause for a new trial, we now consider this issue.  Defendant Wilken challenges the sufficiency of the circumstantial evidence establishing his participation in the burglary at bar. We have considered the evidence presented at trial and hold that the jury could have properly found defendant Wilken guilty of this offense. In so holding, we protect defendant Wilken’s constitutional privilege against double jeopardy and in no way imply a finding as to his guilt which would be binding on the trial court on remand. In accordance with the views expressed in our original and supplemental opinions, the judgment of the circuit court of Mercer County is reversed, this cause is remanded for further proceedings in that court, and the petition for rehearing is denied. Reversed, remanded, and petition for rehearing denied.