People v. Landwer

Defendant, Charles Landwer, was convicted of two counts of solicitation of murder for hire in a jury trial in Du Page County. (720 ILCS 5/8 — 1.2 (West 1992).) He was sentenced to two concurrent terms of 20 years’ imprisonment. The appellate court reversed defendant’s convictions, finding error on two points. (254 Ill. App. 3d 120.) First, the appellate court found that defendant was entitled to have the jury instructed concerning solicitation to commit aggravated battery, as a lesser included offense of solicitation to commit murder. Second, the appellate court found that the prosecutor…