PEOPLE v. WOLST

No. 1-02-2878.

808 N.E.2d 534 (2004)

347 Ill. App.3d 782

283 Ill.Dec. 568

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Raymond WOLST, Defendant/Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

March 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, William D. Carroll, and James D. Ridgway, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Edwin F. Mandel, Legal Aid Clinic, Chicago (Mark J. Heyrman, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.


Justice MCBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Raymond Wolst, suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. In 1996, defendant shot and killed a stranger in a health club while under the delusional belief that the victim was a federal agent. While initially found unfit for trial, defendant was subsequently found fit and not guilty by reason of insanity in November 1997. Defendant was thereafter confined to Elgin Mental Health Center. On January 23, 2002, the...

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