People v. Riley

Opinion by

JUDGE BERGER

¶ 1 Defendant, Calvin Richard Riley, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of attempt to influence a public servant, tampering with physical evidence, and second degree forgery.

¶ 2 Defendant argues that (1) the trial court’s elemental jury instruction on second degree forgery resulted in a constructive amendment of the information; (2) the court erred in not defining, in its instructions on attempt to influence a public servant, the term “attempt” by reference to the criminal attempt statute (an issue of first impression), and in…