People v. Fuhrman

The defendant, Richard Fuhrman, was charged on August 29, 1989, with residential burglary. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 1—3(a).) On December 8,-1989, Fuhrman was found to be unfit to stand trial and was placed in the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (the Department) for treatment.

Fuhrman was later reexamined and, on January 18, 1991, he was still found to be unfit. The same day, Fuhrman filed a motion for a discharge hearing. Thereafter, the court appointed Dr. Daniel J. Cuneo, a clinical psychologist, to determine Fuhrman’s sanity at the time of the offense.…