Court Opinion

ID: 9860952
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 23:37:49.813498+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:26:54.984647
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE LORENZ, specially concurring: I would not disturb the trial court’s determination that this defendant waived his right to counsel at the lineup. I believe that in overturning the trial court’s determination of this issue the majority has substituted its judgment for that of the trier of fact on the credibility of witnesses. That is not our function. (People v. Novotny (1968), 41 Ill. 2d 401, 244 N.E.2d 182; People v. Nims (1986), 156 Ill. App. 3d 115, 124, 505 N.E.2d 670, 675 (Lorenz, J., specially concurring).) Accordingly, I do not join in any of the majority’s extended discussion of this issue. I do however concur in the resolution of the remaining issues and therefore I join in affirming the judgment of the trial court.