People v. Barber

I respectfully disagree with the conclusion reached by the majority and would reverse defendant’s conviction, based upon my belief that the State did not prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The basic conflict in the evidence in this case lies between the State’s identification testimony pointing to defendant as the perpetrator of the brutal attack on complainant, and the alibi defense, placing defendant a mile and a half away during the time of the commission of the offense. My review of the record leads me to conclude that the State failed to effectively impeach the exceptionally…