Court Opinion

ID: 9743742
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:41:58.709864+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:43.191550
License: Public Domain

Mr. JUSTICE TRAPP, dissenting: I dissent from the reversal and remandment for new trial for the reason that the case went to the jury in the posture specifically insisted upon by counsel. In his motion to strike the question and answer, counsel expressly stated that he did not wish to have the jury admonished to disregard the answer. In so far as the verdict found is concerned, granting of the motion to strike the question and answer by the court would be meaningless in the absence of an admonition to the jury. The answer, “At this particular time he was” (a “pusher”), at the most is equivocal. This is demonstrated by the fact that defendant’s counsel agreed that the State’s Attorney could use the term “pusher” in referring to the particular sale charged during the latter’s argument. The cause should be remanded only for the purpose of sentence under the statute now in effect. People v. Chupich, 53 Ill.2d 572, 295 N.E.2d 1.