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PEOPLE v. PORTER

No. 76654.

659 N.E.2d 915 (1995)

168 Ill.2d 201

213 Ill.Dec. 569

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. David PORTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 22, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, Springfield, and Steven L. Clark, Assistant Defender, Chicago, both of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Charles R. Garnati, State's Attorney, Marion (Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, and Arleen C. Anderson and Michael M. Glick, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Chief Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Williamson County, the jury returned verdicts finding the defendant, David Porter, guilty but mentally ill of two counts of second degree murder and guilty but mentally ill of two counts of first degree murder (Ill.Rev. Stat.1991, ch. 38, pars. 9-1, 9-2). All four of the murder counts arose from the same act, namely the murder of the defendant's mother. The trial...

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