People v. Johnson

SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION UPON DENIAL OF REHEARING

The State has timely filed a petition for rehearing, urging that we decide the other issues raised by defendant which are certain to arise again upon a new trial. (See footnote 1 of our original opinion, 47 Ill. App. 3d 362, 364, 362 N.E.2d 701, 702.) Our holding that defendant’s conviction must be reversed and remanded for a new trial because of the court’s exclusion of the material testimony of a prospective witness is not questioned. Specifically, the State requests that we decide whether the trial court erred in not permitting the attorneys to…