[DOWNLOAD] "People v. Dominique" by Illinois Appellate Court — First District (1St Division) Judgment Affirmed ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People v. Dominique
- Author : Illinois Appellate Court — First District (1St Division) Judgment Affirmed
- Release Date : January 14, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 69 KB
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After a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant Robert S. Dominique was convicted of attempt murder, aggravated battery and attempt deviate sexual assault. The trial court merged the aggravated battery conviction into the attempt murder conviction and imposed concurrent sentences of from 100 to 200 years for attempt murder and from 6 to 18 years for attempt deviate sexual assault. Defendant appeals, contending that (1) the instructions on attempt murder were improper, (2) the trial court erred in finding him competent to stand trial, (3) defendant's right to remain silent was violated by the State's comments to the jury on defendant's failure to assert his insanity defense at the time of his arrest or ask to see a doctor before his alleged escape attempt, (4) the State failed to prove defendant was sane beyond reasonable doubt, and (5) the trial judge at the sentencing hearing improperly considered testimony describing defendant's attacks upon three other victims. Complainant Margaret Cassidy, who lived one block from the CTA El tracks, testified that about 9:15 p.m. on November 13, 1975, she went out the back door of her apartment and was going down the alley behind her apartment a distance of about three-fourths of a block to visit a friend. The alley was very well lighted. Complainant was walking south down the alley when she passed a man coming out from a parking area underneath one of the buildings. Cassidy testified that she continued to walk down the alley and in a very short time she heard some footsteps behind her and a man's voice say, Hey. She continued walking down the alley. The man said, Hey, what's your name, and grabbed complainant's right upper arm. Complainant testified that she turned and looked in the face of defendant. She noticed that he had wide and open wide eyes. Cassidy thought that defendant had the features of a retarded person, but she did not think defendant was retarded.