Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Witnesses
Defendant was convicted, after bench trial, of violating armed habitual criminal statute. Trial judge improperly relied on unsupported assertions about the effects of police training on the ability to identify a face seen for a few seconds from 150 feet away. Because of trial judge's pronounced bias in favor of police testimony, cause remanded with instructions to assign case to a different judge on remand. (HYMAN, concurring; PIERCE, dissenting.)