PEOPLE v. WHITNEY

No. 74-339.

33 Ill. App.3d 729 (1975)

338 N.E.2d 233

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOWELL EUGENE WHITNEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

November 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peel, Henning, Mathers & Bell, of Galesburg (William H. Henning and James McKee, of counsel), for appellant.

Donald C. Woolsey, State's Attorney, of Galesburg (F. Stewart Merdian, of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE STENGEL delivered the opinion of the court:

Three years after commitment to Menard as a sexually dangerous person (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, § 105-3), defendant filed a petition for release under supervision. After a hearing, the Circuit Court of Knox County denied the petition, and defendant appeals.

Defendant was charged with deviate sexual assault upon a...

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