People v. Lewis

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

dissenting:

I believe that the decision of the trial court permitting invocation of the informers privilege in the present case should be upheld. There are grave policy questions involved in this case and in two companion cases being filed simultaneously — People v. Weathers, post, p. 776 and People v. Flippo, post, p. 774 — and if any change or modification in the Illinois rule is made, it should be made only by the Illinois Supreme Court. The effect of the majority opinion would be to destroy the informer’s privilege in all cases in which the so-called informer is…