PEOPLE v. FIGUEROA

No. 1-01-1892.

793 N.E.2d 712 (2003)

341 Ill. App.3d 665

275 Ill.Dec. 941

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miguel FIGUEROA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

June 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Janet Powers Doyle, James Tomaska, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Office of the State Appellate Defender, Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender; Jennifer Bonjean, Assistant Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.


Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendant, Miguel Figueroa, guilty of first degree murder and the trial court sentenced him to 60 years in prison. Defendant appeals arguing that his conviction should be reversed because (1) the trial court admitted evidence of his participation in other, uncharged crimes including robbery, conspiracy to sell drugs and possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver, but failed to instruct...

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