PEOPLE v. BETHKE

No. 1-15-0555.

55 N.E.3d 244 (2016)

404 Ill. Dec. 148

2016 IL App (1st) 150555

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael BETHKE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

June 1, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Heyrman , of Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg and Sara McGann , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

¶ 1 In June 1991, defendant Michael Bethke decapitated a coworker, wrote in blood on the victim's forehead, and put the victim's head in a deli case. He was subsequently found not guilty by reason of insanity...

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