PEOPLE v. MARTIN

No. 85-0951.

166 Ill. App.3d 428 (1988)

519 N.E.2d 1085

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHARLES MARTIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed February 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul P. Biebel, Public Defender, of Chicago (Vicki Rogers, Marilyn Martin, and Frank Madea, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., James E. Fitzgerald, and Nancy L. Grauer, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part, and reversed and remanded in part.

PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

In a bench trial defendant Charles Martin was found guilty but mentally ill on charges of murder and aggravated arson, receiving concurrent sentences of 35 and 10 years on those convictions. The court also found that defendant's guilt as to a charge of arson had been established, but entered no finding on that charge because it merged with the...

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