PEOPLE v. LEWIS

No. 5-88-0635.

197 Ill. App.3d 438 (1990)

554 N.E.2d 771

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WELDON WADE LEWIS III, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed May 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan and Janet L. Gandy, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Kathleen Alling, State's Attorney, of Mt. Vernon (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Matthew E. Franklin, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Weldon Wade Lewis III, was charged in the circuit court of Jefferson County with having murdered his wife, Diane Lewis. Following a bench trial on December 31, 1986, defendant was found guilty but mentally ill. At his sentencing hearing a victim impact statement written by the victim's sister, Judy Chamblis, and also signed by her parents, Charles and Hazel Prince, was filed pursuant...

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