People v. Robin

FOURTH DIVISION

March 31, 2000

No. 1-99-3426

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Cook County.)

v. ))

LEE ROBIN, ) Honorable) James P. Flannery,

Defendant-Appellee. ) Judge Presiding.

Defendant was charged for the August 1988, murders of his wife and daughter. He used an axe in the killing of his wife and drowned their daughter. Defendant was admitted to the Elgin Mental Health Center (Elgin) in November 1988, after a finding that he was unfit to stand trial. On April 21, 1989, defendant was found fit to stand trial. After a bench trial, he…