Judgment reversed.
JUSTICE HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Perry County, Paul Queen, defendant, was convicted of murder. Defendant appealed to this court, and we reversed his conviction and remanded for a new trial, finding that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to order an examination into defendant's fitness to stand trial. (People v. Queen (1982),
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