People v. Lowitzki

Following a stipulated bench trial, defendant, Edward Lowitzki, was convicted of theft and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections. On appeal, defendant argues: (1) the trial court erred in granting the State’s motion in limine, seeking to preclude the defendant from presenting an insanity defense based upon pathological gambling; (2) the trial court erred in granting the State’s motion in limine, seeking to bar defendant from calling witnesses in support of his insanity defense on grounds that they were post-occurrence lay witnesses; and (3) the trial…