PEOPLE v. POLLARDS

No. 1-05-0451.

854 N.E.2d 705 (2006)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie POLLARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

August 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Steven W. Becker, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Cook County, Chicago (James Fitzgerald, Matthew Connors, and Himika Shergill, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Willie Pollards was convicted of possession of a stolen motor vehicle and sentenced to five years in prison.

On appeal, defendant contends the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the definitions of stolen property and theft, in accord with Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions Criminal, Nos. 13.33G and 13.01 (4th ed.2000) (hereinafter IPI Criminal 4th). Alternatively...

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