PEOPLE v. WHEELER

No. 1-87-2476.

194 Ill. App.3d 178 (1990)

550 N.E.2d 1170

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STEVEN WHEELER, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed January 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emory Andrew Tate & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, Jane E. Loeb, and David P. Gaughan, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MURRAY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Steven Wheeler appeals from his conviction of murder after a bench trial. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court's rulings restricting testimony regarding defendant's prior use of alcohol and drugs were prejudicial to his insanity defense.

Defendant does not deny that he killed Caroline Dotson on March 4, 1986. He and Dotson had lived together for over a year...

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