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PEOPLE v. NELSON

No. 79-610.

88 Ill. App.3d 196 (1980)

410 N.E.2d 476

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TIMOTHY D. NELSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed September 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Cain, of Sreenan & Cain, of Rockford, and J. Steven Beckett, of Champaign, for appellant.

Daniel D. Doyle, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Phyllis J. Perko and Martin P. Moltz, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

Timothy D. Nelson was convicted after a jury trial of the offense of criminal obscenity (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 11-20). He was sentenced to a term of 45 days in jail and fined $1,000. Defendant appeals, contending that the trial court prejudicially erred in refusing to admit a public opinion poll on the issue of community standards and the

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