Supreme Court of Illinois

An estranged wife's conviction for conspiracy to commit first degree murder is affirmed where, contrary to the appellate court's conclusion, the jury had been properly instructed on conspiracy and the evidence of defendant's intent that the victim be killed was overwhelming.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/20/2004
• Published 02/12/2007

Judges

• Justice GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Karen Andrews, State's Attorney, Carthage (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Linda D. Woloshin and Domenica A. Osterberger, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, and Norbert J. Goetten, John X. Breslin and Judith Z. Kelly, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.


• For Appellees:
  
• Diane N. Cherry and Michael B. Metnick, of Metnick, Cherry & Frazier, Springfield, for appellee.