Legal Opinion

People v. Clark

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 20, 1986No. 5-85-0844PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jones

On appeal from the trial court’s order discharging the defendant under the 120-day rule (see Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 103 — 5), the State contends that such discharge was improper after the defense had requested and obtained a fitness examination under section 104 — 11(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 104 — 11(b)), which indicated that the defendant was unfit to stand trial. The trial court, finding that no bona fide doubt of the defendant’s fitness had been raised, rejected the State’s argument that a fitness hearing, which would…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. DavisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
  2. People v. SonntagAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. TurleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992
  2. People v. MooreAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
  3. People v. OliverAppellate Court of Illinois · 2006

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