People v. Scott

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Fitness
Citation
Case Number: 
2020 IL App (2d) 180378
Decision Date: 
Thursday, September 17, 2020
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
Stephenson Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
HUTCHINSON

Court denied Defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea to 1st-degree murder. Court did not make a finding that a bona fide doubt of Defendant's fitness was raised. Defense counsel and the court remarked that a psychologist had found Defendant fit, but there was no suggestion that court was itself making an affirmative finding of fitness as if to satisfy a prior doubt of fitness. Thus, court did not err in not holding a fitness hearing.  (BIRKETT and BRENNAN, concurring.)