PEOPLE v. PATEL

No. 1-03-2563.

851 N.E.2d 747 (2006)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manish PATEL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 5, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, James E. Fitzgerald, and Peter Fischer of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael J. Pelletier and Samuel Algozin of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, for Defendant-Appellant.


Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

In March 2003, after a jury trial, defendant Manish Patel was found guilty of solicitation of murder for hire and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Defendant appeals, contending that (1) the trial court erred when it failed to give the jury written instructions until 40 minutes into deliberations; (2) the trial court improperly struck the majority of defense witness Mike Kill's testimony; (3) defendant...

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