People v. Lantz & Robles

Docket Nos. 83527, 83641 cons.–Agenda 7–September 1998.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JAMES LANTZ, Appellant.–THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ERIC J. ROBLES, Appellee.

Filed April 20, 1999.

The common question in these consolidated appeals involves the constitutionality of the guilty but mentally ill (GBMI) statute, section 115–4(j) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5/115–4(j) (West 1994)). In cause No. 83527, the defendant, James Lantz, was charged in the circuit court of Lake County with first degree murder. After a jury trial, Lantz was…