PEOPLE v. ROSS

No. 31461.

407 Ill. 199 (1950)

95 N.E.2d 61

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. RICHARD GORDON ROSS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 17, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SIMPSON & SIMPSON, (J.P. SIMPSON, of counsel,) of Aurora, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and CHARLES G. SEIDEL, State's Attorney, of Elgin, (JOHN S. PETERSEN, of Aurora, ERNEST W. AKEMANN, of Elgin, and HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.


Cause transferred.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAMPTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error was found to be a criminal sexual psychopathic person by order of the circuit court of Kane County on November 10, 1949, and was ordered committed to the psychiatric division of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Menard, Illinois. He has sued out this writ of error to review that proceeding.

The only pleading filed in the cause was a petition filed October...

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