PEOPLE v. DE FILIPPO

No. 2-07-0470.

899 N.E.2d 1135 (2008)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles DE FILIPPO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

December 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott J. Frankel, Frankel & Cohen, Attorneys At Law, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, State of Illinois, Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, Michael M. Glick, Asst. Atty. Gen., Eldad Z. Malamuth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, IL, for Appellee.


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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