Court Opinion

ID: 9744583
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 22:07:59.400889+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:50.130666
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JUSTICE McMORROW, also dissenting: I join in the dissenting opinion of Chief Justice Harrison, except for the final paragraph, in which he discusses his partial concurrence and partial dissent in People v. Bull, 185 Ill. 2d 179 (1998). I agree with Chief Justice Harrison that the circumstances of the ex parte conversations in this case require that defendant’s conviction and sentence be reversed. Cf. People v. Bradshaw, 171 Ill. App. 3d 971, 976-77 (1988). In my view, this cause should be remanded to the circuit court for a new trial and unrestricted sentencing hearing.