PEOPLE v. STEINMETZ

No. 2-94-1341.

678 N.E.2d 89 (1997)

287 Ill. App.3d 1

222 Ill.Dec. 682

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John K. STEINMETZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

March 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Colleen M. Chang, Office of the State Appellate Defenders, Elgin, Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Mt. Vernon, E. Joyce Randolph, Office of the State Appellate Defenders, Mt. Vernon (Court-appointed), for John K. Steinmetz.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, Mary Beth Burns, State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutors, Elgin, for the People.


Justice COLWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, John Steinmetz, was convicted of felony retail theft (720 ILCS 5/16A—3(a) (West 1992)). Defendant appeals, contending that (1) the trial court should have conducted a hearing on defendant's fitness to stand trial where the record shows that defendant was taking psychotropic medication at the time of trial; (2) the court erred in denying defendant's motion for a continuance to obtain medical records...

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