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PEOPLE v. DeWIT

No. 81-3019.

123 Ill. App.3d 723 (1984)

463 N.E.2d 742

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PAUL DeWIT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Rehearing denied May 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis B. Garippo, of Chicago (Susan G. Feibus, Thomas A. Moore, Lorna Propes, and Edward H. Mogul, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat and Kevin Sweeney, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Paul DeWit, following a jury trial, was found guilty but mentally ill on the charge of murder. He was sentenced to 22 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. On appeal, defendant raises the following issues: (1) whether the statute permitting a jury to find a defendant who has raised the insanity defense to be guilty but mentally ill (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par...

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