People v. Redmond

Following a bench trial, defendant Carl Redmond was found guilty of first-degree murder. The trial judge sentenced defendant to 35 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. On appeal, defendant contends: (1) that the State failed to present sufficient evidence to rebut his intoxication defense and, therefore, did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he possessed the requisite mental state for first-degree murder; (2) that he was prejudiced when the trial judge refused to appoint him standby counsel during the hearing on his post-trial motions because the judge erroneously believed…