PEOPLE v. SHANAHAN

No. 1-99-0073.

753 N.E.2d 1028 (2001)

323 Ill. App.3d 835

257 Ill.Dec. 402

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brendan SHANAHAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Kling, Law Offices of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, for Appellant.

Renee Goldfarb, William Carroll and Carol L. Gaines, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago, for Appellee.


Justice TULLY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was charged in the circuit court of Cook County with first degree murder in the death of his father. In a bench trial, the defendant was found guilty as charged and was sentenced to twentyeight years in the state penitentiary. The defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in excluding expert testimony and thereby denying the defendant his right to present a defense. The principal controversy on...

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