PEOPLE v. MILLER

No. 16469.

104 Ill. App.3d 57 (1982)

432 N.E.2d 650

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHARLES "CHUCK" MILLER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed March 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Gary R. Peterson, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Tim P. Olsen, State's Attorney, of Jacksonville (Robert J. Biderman and Garry W. Bryan, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

The State's Attorney asked a single, fatal question of the defendant on cross-examination.

The query was in direct violation of the United States Supreme Court's edict in Doyle v. Ohio.

Because of it, we must reverse and remand for a new trial.

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