PEOPLE v. WAGENER

No. 88843.

752 N.E.2d 430 (2001)

196 Ill.2d 269

256 Ill.Dec. 550

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Michael WAGENER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 1, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Geis, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee G. Goldfarb, Katherine Blakey Cox, William D. Carroll and Alan J. Spellberg, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Michael Wagener, was charged with first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a) (West 1994)) and concealment of a homicidal death (720 ILCS 5/9-3.1 (West 1994)). After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, he was found guilty but mentally ill of both offenses. The court imposed consecutive prison sentences of 50 years for his murder conviction and 5 years for his conviction of concealment of a homicidal...

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