People v. Schultz

A jury found defendant, Walter Schultz, guilty of the offense of unlawful use of weapons by a felon (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 24 — 1.1), and the trial court sentenced defendant to a four-year term of incarceration. On appeal, defendant contends that his trial counsel was incompetent because counsel failed to investigate fully the possibility that defendant might reasonably have been able to raise the defense of insanity. We affirm.

On June 17, 1987, defendant was charged by indictment with two counts of unlawful use of weapons by a felon. Count II of the indictment was nol-prossed by…