People v. Manning

The issue here is whether the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 1001 — 1—1 et seq.) granted defendant a statutory right to request a jury at the hearing to reexamine his fitness to stand trial. The hearing in question was held prior to defendant’s second trial.

Defendant, Christopher Manning, was indicted for armed robbery, was adjudged fit to stand trial, and was convicted of the offense charged following a jury trial in the circuit court of St. Clair County. After conviction, defendant requested and was given another fitness hearing; based on the psychiatric…