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People v. Fontana

Citations

  • 622 N.E.2d 893
  • 251 Ill. App. 3d 694
  • 190 Ill. Dec. 863
  • 1993 Ill. App. LEXIS 1621

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a defendant’s “failure to tender *** an instruction waives any objection concerning its absence”
  • noting that forfeiture was a limitation on the parties and addressing, in the interest of justice, the trial court’s failure to set the time and manner of payment of restitution
  • defendant’s failure to tender jury instruction on limited use of other-crimes evidence forfeits any future objection to absence of such an instruction
  • where defendant does not present an insanity defense, evidence of his learning disability is irrelevant during guilt phase
  • \the imposition of a fine is a judicial act which can be performed only by a judge\
  • Second District, \the imposition of a fine is a judicial act which can be performed only by a judge\

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Judges: Doyle

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