· 2/27/1985
People v. Majer
Citations
- 475 N.E.2d 269
- 131 Ill. App. 3d 80
- 86 Ill. Dec. 272
- 1985 Ill. App. LEXIS 1630
How courts have described this case
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- holding that, when the record is incomplete, a reviewing court must indulge “every reasonable presumption” in favor of the judgment that is appealed, “including that the trial court ruled or acted correctly”
- holding that, when the record is incomplete, a reviewing court must indulge “every reasonable presumption” in favor of the judgment that is appealed, “including that the trial court ruled or acted correctly”
- “Because a court of review cannot presume the existence of an error that the record does not demonstrate affirmatively, it must resolve silence in the record against the defendant.”
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Judges: Nash
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