Opinion ID: 2248921
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Heading Rank: 13

Heading: 4a Additional Alleged Error of the Verdict Form

Text: The defendant, in a supplemental brief, raises an issue not previously raised either at trial or in a post-trial motion. Defendant contends that the doctrine of collateral estoppel precludes the imposition of the death penalty where the jury was instructed on the three forms of murder and returned a general verdict form. The verdict form tendered at the trial was not objected to. Defendant has waived any allegation of error by failing to object to the verdict form when tendered, or to submit an alternate verdict form for consideration. ( People v. Del Vecchio (1985), 105 Ill.2d 414, 441, 86 Ill.Dec. 461, 475 N.E.2d 840.) Defendant also failed to raise this issue in his post-trial motion; thus, the issue is waived. People v. Enoch (1988), 122 Ill.2d 176, 119 Ill.Dec. 265, 522 N.E.2d 1124.