· 9/27/1985
People v. Almo
Citations
- 483 N.E.2d 203
- 108 Ill. 2d 54
How courts have described this case
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- noting that the jury in Hoffer received the fourth-proposition instruction and still returned a guilty verdict on both murder and voluntary manslaughter
- “ ‘The finding of a jury does not become a verdict until it has been received, accepted by the court and entered of record’ ”
- objection to jury instruction is waived if party does not object or tender an alternate instruction
- jury returned verdicts of guilty on both murder and voluntary manslaughter when defendant could be guilty of only one of the two offenses
- objection to jury instruction is waived if party does not object or tender an alternate instruction
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Judges: Simon
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