People v. Richards

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN,

dissenting:

I dissent.

The principal issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in using the word “design” in Illinois Pattern Instruction, Criminal, No. 3.14, to describe the limited purpose for which the evidence of the defendant’s alleged prior sexual offenses with the victim might be considered. That word has been given the following definition when applied to evidence:

“Purpose or intention, combined with plan, or implying a plan in the mind. Burrill, Circ. Ev. 331; State v. Grant, 86 Iowa 216, 53 N.W. 120.” Black’s Law Dictionary 533 (rev. 4th ed. 1968.)