· 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
How courts have described this case
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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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