PEOPLE v. PATTEN

No. 1-91-1593.

595 N.E.2d 1141 (1992)

230 Ill. App.3d 922

172 Ill.Dec. 471

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William PATTEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

June 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago, (Murray Coffey and Karen Tietz, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago, (Renee Goldfarb, Janet Mahoney and Theresa Harney, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Presiding Justice HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, William Patten, convicted by a jury on two counts of child abduction (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 10-5(b)(10) (section 10-5(b)(10))), appeals, questioning whether (1) a jury instruction created a mandatory presumption, denying him due process; (2) the exclusion of expert testimony denied him the right to prepare a defense; (3) the court erred...

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