People v. Precup

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• “Before plain error can be considered as a means of circumventing the general waiver rule, it must be plainly apparent from the record that an error affecting substantial rights was committed”
• plain error doctrine is not “a general saving clause preserving for review all errors affecting substantial rights”
• “Before plain error can be considered as a means of circumventing the general waiver rule, it must be *** apparent from the record that an error *** was committed”
• “Before plain error can be considered as a means of circumventing the general waiver rule, it must be plainly apparent from the record that an error affecting substantial rights was committed.”
• plain error doctrine is not “a general saving clause preserving for review all errors affecting substantial rights whether or not they have been brought to the attention of the trial court”
• “Before plain error can be considered as a means of circumventing the general waiver rule, it must - 20 - be plainly apparent from the record that an error affecting substantial rights was committed.” (Emphasis added.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).