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Appellate Court of Illinois· 12/27/1991

People v. Wilhoite

Citations

  • 592 N.E.2d 48
  • 228 Ill. App. 3d 12
  • 169 Ill. Dec. 561
  • 1991 Ill. App. LEXIS 2193

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  • noting the difference between flight to avoid punishment and flight which is part of defendant’s insane delusion in reversing trial court’s decision as against the manifest weight of the evidence
  • noting the difference between flight to avoid punishment and flight which is part of a defendant’s insane delusion in reversing trial court’s decision as against the manifest weight of the evidence
  • noting the difference between flight to avoid punishment and flight which is part of a defendant’s insane delusion in reversing trial court’s decision as against the manifest weight of the evidence
  • noting the difference between flight to avoid punishment and flight which is part of a defendant's insane delusion in reversing trial court's decision as against the manifest weight of the evidence
  • court found defendant not guilty by reason of insanity after she followed God’s “command” to shove her nine-year-old daughter out of apartment window to pass “a test to see if the defendant could get into heaven” prior to the imminent end of the world
  • court found defendant not guilty by reason of insanity after she followed God's \command\ to shove her nine-year-old daughter out of apartment window to pass \a test to see if the defendant could get into heaven\ prior to the imminent end of the world

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Judges: Gordon

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