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PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. 2-12-1203.

15 N.E.3d 943 (2014)

2014 IL App (2d) 121203

383 Ill. Dec. 777

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernard THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

August 5, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Lilien and Steven E. Wiltgen , both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Robert B. Berlin , State's Attorney, of Wheaton ( Lisa Anne Hoffman and James P. French , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

Justice SCHOSTOK delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 On September 12, 2013, a jury found the defendant, Bernard Thomas, guilty of one count of retail theft (720 ILCS 5/16-25(a)(1) (West 2012)). The sole issue raised in this appeal is the constitutional validity of the trial court's statement to the jury — in response to a written question asking for the legal definition of the term "reasonable doubt" — that ...

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