Court Opinion

ID: 9745332
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 22:49:31.795586+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:26:20.713857
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE SIMON, concurring: In this case I do not find fault with the way peremptory challenges were used to eliminate black persons, for it appears there were reasons for their exclusion other than race, except perhaps in the exclusion of juror Y.J. However, the majority, in discussing the law applicable to the use of peremptory challenges, relies on People v. Mack (1984), 105 Ill. 2d 103, People v. Payne (1983), 99 Ill. 2d 135, People v. Davis (1983), 95 Ill. 2d 1, and on Swain v. Alabama (1965), 380 U.S. 202, 13 L. Ed. 2d 759, 85 S. Ct. 824. In view of this reliance, I again express my disagreement with the holdings of those cases with respect to the use of peremptory challenges and refer to my dissents in Mack, Payne and Davis. With this exception I agree with the majority opinion.