People v. Hanson

Docket No. 96869–Agenda 9–May 2004.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ROBERT HANSON, Appellee.

Opinion filed September 23, 2004.

In this case, the primary issue we are asked to decide is whether the grant of a defense motion for a psychological examination, without more, creates a sufficient inference that the trial court found bona fide doubt of defendant’s fitness to stand trial to require a remand for a retrospective fitness hearing. We hold that it does not.

BACKGROUND

In 2001, defendant Robert Hanson was indicted on charges of aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12–4(b)(6) (West…