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  "id": 3311537,
  "name": "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CARROLL B. BRYANT, Defendant-Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "People v. Bryant",
  "decision_date": "1978-12-20",
  "docket_number": "No. 77-173",
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
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    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
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    "parties": [
      "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CARROLL B. BRYANT, Defendant-Appellant."
    ],
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      {
        "text": "Mr. JUSTICE HICKMAN\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nThe defendant was tried by the court and found guilty of aggravated battery and robbery. From the judgment and sentence imposed after such finding the defendant has appealed.\nThe questions presented for review are whether the defendant presented such evidence as to raise a reasonable doubt as to his sanity and, if this is answered affirmatively, was there sufficient proof by the State that demonstrated the defendant\u2019s sanity beyond a reasonable doubt.\nSection 6 \u2014 2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 6 \u2014 2) sets forth the governing standards as follows:\n\u201c(a) A person is not criminally responsible for conduct if at the time of such conduct, as a result of mental disease or mental defect, he lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.\n(b) The terms \u2018mental disease or mental defect\u2019 do not include an abnormality manifested only by repeated criminal or otherwise anti-social conduct.\u201d\nThe defense asserted is an affirmative one. The responsibility of the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused was criminally responsible at the time of an offense does not arise until defendant presents sufficient pertinent evidence to the contrary. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, pars. 3 \u2014 2, 6 \u2014 4.\nThe defendant introduced a great deal of evidence tending to show many things occurring both before the offense and after the offense. As a matter of fact, the record includes numerous explanations and diagnoses of the defendant\u2019s mental problems concerning being a habitual drinker; a chronic alcoholic; having temporal lobe epilepsy; convulsive disorder; being a psychomanic; cyclothymic personality; personality disorder; antisocial personality and other matters touching upon his personal wellbeing.\nThe evidence which perhaps is most significant concerning the defendant\u2019s lack of criminal capacity at the time of the offenses was that of Dr. Ivan Sletten, a psychiatrist, who testified as follows:\n\u201cI really feel that he has lost control of himself at times and he really doesn\u2019t understand the nature and consequences of his behavior. He\u2019s so uptight, so out of touch with himself that I feel it might be that he really is not responsible for those periods of time. I question it.\u201d (Emphasis added.)\nWhen asked specifically about the defendant\u2019s mental state or capacity at the time of the offenses Dr. Sletten stated:\n\u201cIt is possible that this represented another episode like the several that I noted. I believe it\u2019s possible.\u201d (Emphasis added.)\nWe, therefore, believe the defendant did present sufficient evidence to raise a reasonable doubt as to his sanity at the time of the offenses and, therefore, the State was obligated to prove beyond a reasonable doubt under the statutory provision that the defendant had the requisite capacity at the time of the commission of the offenses.\nThe State presented evidence by one Dr. Shuman, a psychiatrist, who testified that on the night of the offenses defendant could appreciate the criminality of his conduct and could conform to the requirements of the law. The report of Dr. Goldsborough was also before the court. Dr. Shuman also testified at length as to a wide range of matters concerning defendant\u2019s conduct and behavior. The court heard several other witnesses on the issue of sanity including the testimony of the victim. This the trial judge is allowed to consider in arriving at his decision as to the capacity of the defendant at the time of the offenses.\nThe entire issue is reduced to one of fact. The trier resolved the issue against the defendant. We cannot say that this resolution was not justified on the record. There is evidence to support the trial court\u2019s conclusion that defendant was legally sane beyond a reasonable doubt at the time of these occurrences. Therefore, the judgment of the court must be and it is hereby affirmed.\nAffirmed.\nEBERSPACHER and KARNS, JJ., concur.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. JUSTICE HICKMAN"
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    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Michael J. Rosborough and Rafael Schwimmer, both of State Appellate Defender\u2019s Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.",
      "Nicholas G. Byron, State\u2019s Attorney, of Edwardsville (Bruce D. Irish and Martin N. Ashley, both of State\u2019s Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CARROLL B. BRYANT, Defendant-Appellant.\nFifth District\nNo. 77-173\nOpinion filed December 20, 1978.\nMichael J. Rosborough and Rafael Schwimmer, both of State Appellate Defender\u2019s Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.\nNicholas G. Byron, State\u2019s Attorney, of Edwardsville (Bruce D. Irish and Martin N. Ashley, both of State\u2019s Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People."
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  "file_name": "0982-01",
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