People v. Sanders

Defendant Jimmie Sanders was convicted of armed robbery in a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Madison County on January 12, 1977. The defendant was charged with being one of two persons who robbed a golfer at the Rock Springs Golf Course in Alton. He was sentenced to four to 12 years in the penitentiary.

On November 4,1976, a fitness hearing was held at defendant’s request. The only witness at the hearing was Dr. Lawrence Taliana, a psychologist, whom the court had appointed to examine defendant. In Dr. Taliana’s opinion the defendant was unfit to stand trial because his intellectual…