People v. Eckhardt

After a jury trial at which defendant raised the defense of insanity, she was convicted of the murder of her husband and subsequently sentenced to a term of 20 years’ imprisonment. The central issue in the case was whether the defendant was insane at the time she shot and killed her husband. The sanity issue was heatedly contested.

Defendant has raised a number of issues which were not properly preserved for review on appeal and which, after careful consideration, we do not find merit review under the plain error rule (87 Ill. 2d R. 615(a)). Defendant also claims error arising from a comment…