v. People

Summary

The court held that Deleon preserved his constitutional claim by tendering a no-adverse-inference instruction during the jury-instruction conference. The trial court's preliminary oral comments did not constitute an effective instruction because they were given before the final instructions and were not included in the instructions governing deliberations. Because the omission was constitutional error and the record showed a reasonable possibility that it contributed to the conviction, the court reversed the court of appeals' judgment and remanded.