Legal Opinion
People v. Wagener
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided June 1, 2001No. 88843 RelPublished
1Opinion of the Court 1
Docket No. 88843–Agenda 6–November 2000.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. MICHAEL WAGENER, Appellant.
Opinion filed June 1, 2001.
2Opinion of the Court · FreemanJustice Freeman
Defendant, Michael Wagener, was charged with first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9–1(a) (West 1994)) and concealment of a homicidal death (720 ILCS 5/9–3.1 (West 1994)). After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, he was found guilty but mentally ill of both offenses. The court imposed consecutive prison sentences of 50 years for his murder conviction and 5 years for his conviction of concealment of a homicidal death. The appellate court…
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