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PEOPLE EX REL. MYERS v. BRIGGS

No. 42777.

46 Ill.2d 281 (1970)

263 N.E.2d 109

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Lowell J. Myers, on behalf of Donald Lang, Appellant, v. JOHN F. BRIGGS, Director of the Department of Mental Health, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 29, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LOWELL J. MYERS, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE BURT delivered the opinion of the court:

The appellant, Donald Lang, an illiterate deaf-mute, herein referred to as defendant, was indicted on December 9, 1965, in the circuit court of Cook County on a charge of murder of a woman in Chicago on November 12, 1965. On December 15, 1965, the Public Defender was appointed to represent the defendant and an order was entered directing that he be examined by the Behavior Clinic of...

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