Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Insanity Defense
Defendant, after jury trial, was found guilty but mentally ill of aggravated criminal sexual assault and attempted murder. Jury heard conflicting opinions from two expert witnesses as to whether Defendant could appreciate criminality of his actions when he attacked victim. No indication that expert who concluded that Defendant was sane came to this conclusion arbitrarily. Court was within its discretion in denying defense motion for trial continuance, based primarily on defense counsel's lack of diligence in trial preparation by not arranging for defense expert to complete his evaluation of Defendant. However, expert was able to do evalution immediately after hearing, and thus Defendant was be prejudiced, and thus no ineffective assitance of counsel.(QUINN and CUNNINGHAM, concurring.)