Appellate Court of Illinois November 12, 2010, 1-07-1448 (People v. Leach)

JUSTICE TOOMIN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal, we determine whether defendant’s confrontation rights were abridged by the admission of autopsy findings of a forensic pathologist who did not testify at defendant’s trial. Following a bench trial, defendant Curtis Leach was convicted of first degree murder of his wife and sentenced to 28 years’ imprisonment.