People v. Strickland

JUSTICE LAMPKIN,

specially concurring:

I recognize that we are bound by our supreme court’s holding in Patrick that a defendant must testify to preserve for review the issue of the trial court’s refusal to rule on a motion in limine seeking to bar the use of prior convictions for impeachment. Patrick, 233 Ill. 2d at 79. Nevertheless, I write to emphasize that trial courts, as a simple matter of fairness, need to make early rulings on motions in limine addressing the admissibility of prior convictions. See Patrick, 233 Ill. 2d at 73. I further emphasize that a trial court’s blanket policy not to…