PEOPLE v. McCLEARY

No. 1-88-0203.

567 N.E.2d 434 (1990)

208 Ill. App.3d 466

153 Ill.Dec. 476

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael McCLEARY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

December 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender of Cook County (Karen E. Tietz, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

John O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Gael M. O'Brien, and Adam D. Grosch, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty but mentally ill of murdering two men, Tony King and Ivory Barrett. The trial court sentenced defendant to mandatory life imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends: 1) that the jury was incorrectly instructed on the guilty but mentally ill verdict; 2) that the voluntary manslaughter instructions were improper; 3) that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable...

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