Illinois Supreme Court· 1/23/1998

People v. Thompkins

Citations

690 N.E.2d 984
181 Ill. 2d 1
228 Ill. Dec. 909
1998 Ill. LEXIS 2

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noting a primary function of an offer of proof is “to provide the reviewing court with a record to determine whether exclusion of the evidence was erroneous and harmful”
an offer of proof is “the key to preserving a trial court’s error in excluding evidence”
“Trial courts are required to permit counsel to make offers of proof, and a refusal to permit an offer generally is error”
where judge has knowledge outside the record concerning the truth or falsity of allegations made and where judge may be called as a material witness
an offer of proof is \the key to preserving a trial court's error in excluding evidence\
“Trial courts are required to permit counsel to make offers of proof, and a refusal to permit an offer generally is error.”

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