Illinois Supreme Court· 10/6/1978

People v. Edwards

Citations

383 N.E.2d 944
74 Ill. 2d 1
23 Ill. Dec. 73
1978 Ill. LEXIS 372

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“[w]here the record is insufficient or does not demonstrate thé alleged error, the reviewing court must refrain from supposition and decide accordingly”
when a record is incomplete, a reviewing court \may not guess * * * or hypothesize\
when a record is incomplete, a reviewing court “may not guess *** or hypothesize”
prosecutor's repeated references to excluded clothing despite objections by defense counsel being sustained went \far beyond the usual legitimate inferences from facts proved in the trial\ and denied the defendant a fair trial
prosecutor’s repeated references to excluded clothing despite objections by defense counsel being sustained went “far beyond the usual legitimate inferences from facts proved in the trial” and denied the defendant a fair trial
“A reviewing court may not guess at the harm to an appellant *** where a record is incomplete. *** Where the record is insufficient or does not demonstrate the alleged error, the reviewing court must refrain from supposition and decide accordingly.”

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Judges: Clark, Goldenhersh, Kluczynski

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