People v. Gornik

Defendant Raymond Gornik was charged by indictment with 52 counts of official misconduct (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, pars. 33— 3(b), (c)). Following a bench trial, defendant was convicted on 48 counts of the indictment. On appeal, defendant claims that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that certain evidence was obtained improperly. We affirm.

For the most part, the facts of this case were undisputed. Therefore, we need not detail the testimony of each of the witnesses but instead present a summary of the evidence relevant to our disposition. The defendant was elected to…