Appellate Court of Illinois· 6/5/2006

People v. Patel

Citations

851 N.E.2d 747
366 Ill. App. 3d 255
303 Ill. Dec. 560
2006 Ill. App. LEXIS 488

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holding that solicitation of murder for hire did not require that money change hands but only that there was some type of agreement or request for money or anything of value
holding that points not supported by adequate argument are forfeited
finding no plain error where jury instructions read in open court correctly stated the law, but copies were not distributed to the jury until after jury commenced deliberations and jury returned verdicts fifteen minutes thereafter
a point raised but not sufficiently presented fails to comply with Supreme Court Rule 341(h)(7) and is, therefore, waived
“It is well settled that points not argued in appellant’s opening brief are waived and shall not be raised in the reply brief’
the defendant forfeited plain error review when he failed to explain how either prong of the plain-error standard was applicable

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