Madigan attorneys ask for additional jury instruction as deliberations continue

Published February 11, 2025 11:10am ET



(The Center Square) – Defense attorneys have taken exception to an added instruction from the court at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain in Chicago.

Attorneys for both defendants filed a joint request for additional jury instruction on Monday morning, claiming that the first paragraph of the court’s answer last Friday to a question about “things of value” deviated from the Seventh Circuit Pattern Instruction on bona fide compensation.

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