People v. Hall

JUSTICE BILANDIC,

specially concurring:

I agree that defendant’s murder conviction and death sentence should be affirmed. Therefore, I join the majority opinion. I write separately, however, as to issue VII, which involves defendant’s fitness for trial while under medication, in order to express the continued adherence to People v. Mitchell, 189 Ill. 2d 312 (2000). In Mitchell, we held that a defendant’s claim that he was denied due process when he did not receive a fitness hearing, although he was taking psychotropic medication, is not cognizable on post-conviction review.

Here, defendant cites…