People v. Garcia

I disagree with the conclusion reached in the majority opinion that the court’s direction of a verdict on the charge of deviate sexual assault removes from consideration much of the evidence on which the State relies to support the jury’s verdict which found defendant guilty of indecent liberties with a child. The purpose of a motion for a directed verdict by a defendant in a criminal case is to present the question of law as to whether the evidence which has been presented is sufficient to sustain a conviction for the crime charged. (People v. Chiafreddo, 381 Ill. 214, 44 N.E.2d 888; People…