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PEOPLE v. PIATKOWSKI

No. 102087.

870 N.E.2d 403 (2007)

225 Ill.2d 551

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Louis PIATKOWSKI, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 24, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ellen Dienes, Des Plaines, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Michael M. Glick, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, James E. Fitzgerald, Veronica Calderon Malavia and Tasha-Marie Kelly, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

Chief Justice THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

The issue presented in this case is whether an erroneous jury instruction about eyewitness identification testimony rose to the level of plain error so as to require a new trial. In 1996, defendant was convicted of first degree murder for the shooting death of Pedro Melquiadez and attempted first degree murder and aggravated battery for shooting Jamie Fragoso. On appeal, the...

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