People v. Rea

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CARTER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Charles Rea, appeals from a judgment of the trial court of Madison County sentencing him to a minimum of two years and a maximum of 10 years to the Illinois Department of Corrections after a jury found him guilty of the crime of attempted murder of his wife.

Defendant raises several questions on review which all can be reduced to the single question of whether the trial court erred in holding that there was insufficient evidence to submit the question of defendant’s sanity to the jury.

The incident in question occurred on…