Appellate Court of Illinois· 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

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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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