People v. Clemons

Defendant, Daniel Clemons, was charged by indictment with three counts of murder and one count of armed robbery. A jury rejected his insanity defense and found him guilty but mentally ill of two counts of murder and one count of armed robbery, but not guilty of murder during the course of armed robbery. Defendant received a concurrent sentence of an extended term of 80 years’ imprisonment for murder and an extended term of 60 years’ imprisonment for armed robbery.

Defendant raises four issues on appeal: (1) whether placing the burden on defendant to prove his insanity by a preponderance of the…