PEOPLE v. JAMERSON

No. 3-96-1020.

687 N.E.2d 329 (1997)

292 Ill. App.3d 944

227 Ill.Dec. 255

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lillie Mae JAMERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Fisher, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Lillie Mae Jamerson.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Paul Mangieri, State's Attorney, Galesburg, Judith Z. Kelly, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.


Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, the defendant, Lillie Mae Jamerson, was found guilty but mentally ill of three counts of forgery and sentenced to a four-year term of imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the cause should be remanded for a new trial because the trial court failed to conduct a fitness hearing despite evidence that defendant was taking psychotropic drugs under medical direction at the time of...

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