Court Opinion

ID: 9736162
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 18:45:33.167453+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:27:04.751017
License: Public Domain

SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION ON DENIAL OF REHEARING Mr. JUSTICE STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant has filed a petition for rehearing requesting that we reach the question of whether the evidence adduced at trial was sufficient to establish her 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 challenges the sufficiency of the evidence establishing the identification of the vehicle in question and her knowing entry without consent into the vehicle. We have considered the evidence presented at trial and hold that the jury could have properly found defendant guilty of the offense at bar. In so holding, we protect defendant’s constitutional privilege against double jeopardy and in no way imply a finding as to defendant’s 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 Tazewell 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. ALLOY, P. J., and STENGEL, J., concur.