People v. Anderson

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN

delivered the opinion of the court;

A jury found the defendant, Farnardo Anderson, guilty of first-degree murder, for which he was sentenced to 39 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, he contends that (1) the court erred in refusing to suppress his confession; (2) he was denied effective assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to learn prior to trial that he had a history of mental illness; (3) he was entitled to a new trial because his counsel could not reasonably have learned of his mental illness until after trial; (4) he was denied a fair trial by the…