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PEOPLE v. HIGHTOWER

No. 5-86-0594.

172 Ill. App.3d 678 (1988)

526 N.E.2d 1129

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BILLIE GENE HIGHTOWER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed July 26, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip R. Rice, of Rice Law Offices, of Belleville, for appellant.

Charles Garnati, State's Attorney, of Marion (Kenneth R. Boyle and Stephen E. Norris, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE CALVO delivered the opinion of the court:

The circuit court of Williamson County sentenced defendant, Billie Gene Hightower, to 25 years of imprisonment after a jury found defendant guilty of the murder of his wife, Cathy C. Hightower. Defendant alleged that he was insane at the time of the commission of the offense. Both parties presented expert testimony regarding defendant's sanity, and the jury was instructed, pursuant to section...

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