People v. Braggs

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOURIHANE

delivered the opinion of the court;

On July 23, 1993, defendant Mary Braggs was indicted on two counts of first degree murcler. On June/20, 1996, after refusing to conduct a hearing on a pending motipn to suppress statements, the circuit court found that defendant was unfit to stand trial and, in all probability, would remain so indefinitely in light of her untreatable mental retardation. A discharge hearing followed. Therein, the circuit court found that the evidence introduced against defendant was sufficient to establish her guilt of first degree murder beyond a…