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PEOPLE v. PALMER

No. 84-0436.

139 Ill. App.3d 966 (1985)

487 N.E.2d 1154

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STEVEN F. PALMER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied February 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Clark and Sue Augustus, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Fred L. Foreman, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (John X. Breslin, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

After trial by jury defendant, Steven F. Palmer, was found guilty, but mentally ill, of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)) and of armed violence (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 33A-2). He was sentenced to an extended term of natural life imprisonment for murder and appeals, contending (1) the State failed to prove defendant sane beyond a reasonable doubt...

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