Court Opinion

ID: 9737067
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 19:14:38.298832+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:23:56.260320
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE APPLETON, specially concurring: I concur with the disposition authored by Justice Turner but write separately to address the comments of the trial court during argument. Those comments included unnecessary pejorative observations about fellow members of the judiciary and the statement that “on a great number of occasions, the trial court totally ignores what the legislature has suggested and in some cases mandated.” It is incumbent upon members of the bench to not only respect and comply with the laws of the State of Illinois but to conduct themselves in words and actions so as to maintain and foster an honorable judiciary. Absent such respect and deference, the integrity and impartiality of the judicial branch will be called into question by the legislative and executive branches of government and by the citizens of this state. I therefore abjure the trial court to be more discreet in its comments as it continues to foster confidence in our legal system.