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THE PEOPLE v. LANG

No. 40013.

37 Ill.2d 75 (1967)

224 N.E.2d 838

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DONALD LANG, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LOWELL J. MYERS, of Chicago, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 12, 1965, the defendant, Donald Lang, was indicted by the grand jury of Cook County for the crime of murder. The defendant is a deaf-mute who cannot hear or speak, was never taught to read or write or to use sign-language, and is unable to communicate with anyone in any language system. On December 15, 1965, the public defender was appointed to represent him and an...

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