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THE PEOPLE v. McDOWELL

No. 40012.

37 Ill.2d 258 (1967)

226 N.E.2d 25

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILLIAM H. McDOWELL, JR., Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 16, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM H. McDOWELL, JR., pro se.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal, in which the defendant, William H. McDowell, Jr., appears pro se, presents the question of the constitutional sufficiency of a jury hearing and finding which retrospectively judged the sanity of the defendant as of dates approximately eight years prior to the hearing and finding.

The defendant was charged with the crime of armed robbery in 1958. On his plea...

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