PEOPLE v. BARNHILL

No. 5-87-0818.

188 Ill. App.3d 299 (1989)

543 N.E.2d 1374

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RODNEY DALE BARNHILL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed September 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan and John T. Hildebrand, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Terry M. Green, State's Attorney, of Benton (Kenneth R. Boyle and Stephen E. Norris, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LEWIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Rodney Dale Barnhill, entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill to the offense of murder on July 9, 1986, and was sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment on July 30, 1986. The defendant filed a pro se motion to withdraw his guilty plea on August 7, 1986, which was subsequently denied by the court. The defendant appeals.

On appeal, the defendant contends...

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