People v. Reddick

In the circuit court of Peoria County, defendant Stephen Reddick (No. 65005) was charged with murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9—1(a)(1)) and was convicted. His conviction was affirmed in an unpublished opinion by the Appellate Court, Third District, which found that certain asserted errors in the jury instructions had been waived by failure to object at trial. (151 Ill. App. 3d 1164 (unpublished Supreme Court Rule 23 order).) Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 315 (107 Ill. 2d R. 315), we granted defendant’s petition for leave to appeal.

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