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PEOPLE v. ECKHARDT

No. 2-83-0538.

124 Ill. App.3d 1041 (1984)

465 N.E.2d 107

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOYCE ECKHARDT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied July 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and Josette Skelnik, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

T. Jordan Gallagher, State's Attorney, of Sycamore (Phyllis J. Perko and Cynthia N. Schneider, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE VAN DEUSEN delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial at which defendant raised the defense of insanity, she was convicted of the murder of her husband and subsequently sentenced to a term of 20 years' imprisonment. The central issue in the case was whether the defendant was insane at the time she shot and killed her husband. The sanity issue was heatedly contested...

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