Justice GEIGER delivered the opinion of the court:
A jury found the defendant, Paulette Fiedler, guilty but mentally ill of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 1996)) and attempted murder (720 ILCS 5/8-4(a), 9-1(a)(1) (West 1996)), and the trial court sentenced her to concurrent terms of natural life imprisonment and 25 years' imprisonment. The defendant appeals, arguing that (1) we must remand the cause because her attorney failed to comply with Supreme...
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