PEOPLE v. POTTS

No. 73-210.

17 Ill. App.3d 867 (1974)

309 N.E.2d 35

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAROLD POTTS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

February 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Mendelsohn, Assistant State's Attorney, of Cairo, for the People.

Robert E. Farrell, Deputy Defender, of Mt. Vernon (Richard E. Cunningham, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the State from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Saline County in which the trial judge directed a verdict in favor of defendant, Harold Potts, in a jury trial to determine whether defendant was a sexually dangerous person pursuant to the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 38, sec. 105-1 et seq.). The question at issue is whether defendant...

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