PEOPLE v. SPIRES

No. 1-85-3295.

182 Ill. App.3d 176 (1989)

537 N.E.2d 1010

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN SPIRES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed April 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Spires, of Menard, appellant pro se.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Rimas F. Cernius, and Jeanne A. Morrow, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE RIZZI delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, John Spires, was convicted of the rape of four different victims and of violation of his bail bond. Defendant was found guilty but mentally ill and sentenced to 60 years on each individual rape, consecutively, and six years on the bail bond violation, concurrently. On appeal, defendant argues that (1) the statutes concerning the burden of proof of insanity and guilty but mentally...

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