PEOPLE v. WALES

No. 1-03-2034.

827 N.E.2d 1045 (2005)

357 Ill. App.3d 153

293 Ill.Dec. 164

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David WALES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

April 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Heidi Linn Lambros, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb, James Fitzgerald, Samuel Shim, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Presiding Justice FITZGERALD SMITH delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury found him guilty of first degree murder, defendant David Wales was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Defendant contends on appeal that (1) the trial court abused its discretion by not instructing the jury on Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions, Criminal, No. 7.02X (4th ed.2000) (hereinafter IPI Criminal 4th No. 7.02X) regarding the felony-murder doctrine; and (2) the State's closing...

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