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PEOPLE v. DEDNAM

No. 45323.

55 Ill.2d 565 (1973)

304 N.E.2d 627

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. NORMAN DEDNAM et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD P. DROLET, State's Attorney, of Kankakee (JAMES B. ZAGEL and RONALD HANNA, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.

MARTIN J. RUBIN, of Chicago, for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The People appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Kankakee County dismissing a criminal complaint charging the defendants, Norman Dednam and David W. Lehman, with the offense of knowingly maltreating a person in need of mental treatment, based on section 15-1 of the Mental Health Code of 1967, which provides:

"Any person who conspires unlawfully to cause, or unlawfully...

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