People v. McCabe

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals from a judgment entered on separate jury verdicts finding him unfit to stand trial and in need of mental treatment. He contends that (1) the judgment should be reversed because the trial court improperly submitted both questions for simultaneous determination by the jury; and (2) the evidence did not clearly and convincingly establish he was in need of mental treatment.

Defendant was initially charged with aggravated arson for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail into an occupied apartment. On three subsequent…