Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial, defendant, Charles De Filippo, was convicted of two counts of forgery (720 ILCS 5/17-3(a)(1) (West 1998); 720 ILCS 5/17-3(a)(1) (West 2002)) and sentenced to two years' probation. On appeal, defendant argues that: (1) he was not proven guilty of forgery beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) the trial court improperly instructed the deadlocked jury to continue to deliberate, instead of declaring a...
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