PEOPLE v. DRUMMOND

No. 79-497.

87 Ill. App.3d 890 (1980)

409 N.E.2d 361

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JIMMY DRUMMOND, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed August 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Reid and Randy E. Blue, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Clyde L. Kuehn, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Martin N. Ashley and William S. Zale, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, James Drummond, appeals his conviction for murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)) before a jury of his peers in the circuit court of St. Clair County on May 23, 1979. The central issue at trial and on appeal involves the affirmative defense of insanity. Drummond maintains that it was error for the court below to refuse his tendered instructions regarding...

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