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PEOPLE v. FIERER

No. 65010.

124 Ill.2d 176 (1988)

529 N.E.2d 972

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JOSHUA FIERER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Erik I. Blanc, State's Attorney, of Pekin (Shawn W. Denney, Solicitor General, Terence M. Madsen and David E. Bindi, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and John X. Breslin, Gerald P. Ursini and Kenneth R. Boyle, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Nathan Lewin and Mary L. Lyons, of Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, of Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Appellate court affirmed.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Dr. Joshua Fierer, was charged in a five-count information with the murder of his wife. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1.) Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Tazewell County, the defendant was found guilty but mentally ill (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 115-4(j)), and was sentenced to a 30-year term of imprisonment. The appellate court reversed...

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