PEOPLE v. FIEDLER

Nos. 3-97-0895, 3-97-0896.

707 N.E.2d 1247 (1999)

303 Ill. App.3d 236

236 Ill.Dec. 677

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paulette FIEDLER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Agostinelli (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, Steven L. Clark (Court-appointed), Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Paulette Fiedler in No. 3-97-0895.

Robert J. Agostinelli (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, Steven L. Clark (Court-appointed), Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Paulette Fiedler in No. 3-97-0896.

Joseph E. Birkett, DuPage County State's Attorney, Wheaton, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Lawrence M. Bauer, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People in both cases.


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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