People v. Brannon

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN,

dissenting:

Under the facts of this case the indicia of trustworthiness necessary for admissibility was not met. The State may not rely on the business records exception, or any other hearsay exception, unless the proper foundation for admissibility, the circumstantial probability of trustworthiness, is established. People v. Gauer, 7 Ill. App. 3d 512, 288 N.E.2d 24.

The parties in this case did not stipulate that the standard was LSD and the State did not establish that it was in fact LSD. The chemist’s testimony that the standard was supplied by the Federal…