PEOPLE v. ALLEN

No. 1-89-2416.

578 N.E.2d 1193 (1991)

218 Ill. App.3d 930

161 Ill.Dec. 547

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roderick ALLEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

August 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Mitchell B. Katten, Asst. Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Cook County; Renee Goldfarb, Gail O'Brien, Eileen M. O'Neill, Asst. State's Attys. of counsel, Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice MURRAY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Roderick Allen (Allen) was charged with attempted murder, armed violence and aggravated battery for the stabbing of his father. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, pars. 8-4, 9-1, 12-4(a), 33A-2.) Although the trial court ordered, on numerous occasions, that Allen submit to psychiatric testing prior to trial, he repeatedly asserted his right to refuse such examination and the case proceeded to trial before a jury...

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