People v. Leach

FIFTH DIVISION November 12, 2010 No. 1-07-1448 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 04 CR 13211 ) CURTIS LEACH, ) The Honorable ) Thomas P. Panichi, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE TOOMIN delivered the opinion of the court: In this appeal, we determine whether defendant’s confrontation rights were abridged by the admission of autopsy findings of a forensic pathologist who did not testify at defendant’s trial. Following a bench trial, defendant Curtis Leach was convicted of first degree murder of…