PEOPLE v. KILPATRICK

No. 3-96-0991.

688 N.E.2d 1202 (1997)

293 Ill. App.3d 446

228 Ill.Dec. 225

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary KILPATRICK, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

December 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph N. Ehmann, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Gary Kilpatrick.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Paul Mangieri, State's Atty., Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.


Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Gary Kilpatrick pled guilty to attempted first degree murder and aggravated battery and was sentenced to concurrent 15- and 5-year prison terms. Defendant contends on appeal that the trial court erred when it failed to conduct a fitness hearing despite evidence that he was taking psychotropic drugs at the time of his plea and sentencing.

FACTS

On September 19, 1995, defendant entered the...

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