People v. Ware

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial, defendant was convicted of murder and armed robbery and given concurrent sentences of 75 to 150 years for murder and 25 to 50 years for armed robbery. Defendant’s sole contention on appeal is that his sanity at the time of the commission of these offenses was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

Michael Ellis, a State’s witness, testified that on August 28, 1978, he was at his mother’s home with defendant and others when he was asked by defendant to go with him to rob Charles Callahan, who lived a half-block…