Appellate Court of Illinois· 10/27/2003

People v. Edwards

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799 N.E.2d 899
343 Ill. App. 3d 1168
279 Ill. Dec. 96
2003 Ill. App. LEXIS 1296

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determining the jury should have been instructed with the definition of robbery, which served as the predicate for the felony murder charge
committee notes are not the law; trial court should deviate from suggested instructions only when necessary due to unusual facts or new law
the defendant convicted of felony murder predicated on the offense of robbery was entitled to only a definition instruction on the predicate offense as opposed to an elements instruction
instruction was not necessary to define “robbery”
instruction was not necessary to define “robbery”
instruction was not necessary to define “robbery”

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Judges: Kapala, O'Malley, Byrne

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