Supreme Court of Illinois

Conviction for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and aggravated kidnapping is affirmed over objections that the instructions given by the court did not track exactly the wording of the applicable Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions where the jury did have an opportunity to find defendant not guilty.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/19/2005
• Published 05/19/2005

Judges

• Justice KARMEIER delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Steven W. Becker, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant., Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Linda D. Woloshin, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, Renee Goldfarb, Annette Collins, Susan Schierl Sullivan, Veronica Calderon Malavia, John E. Nowak, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.