PEOPLE v. ADAMS

No. 61413.

35 Ill. App.3d 810 (1976)

343 N.E.2d 659

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GLEN W. ADAMS, Defendant. — (LeROY P. LEVITT et al., Contemnors-Respondents-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed January 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Fitzpatrick, Special Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, for appellants.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, John T. Theis, and Eugene J. Rudnik, Jr., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Order reversed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court finding respondents, LeRoy P. Levitt, director of the Illinois Department of Mental Health, and John R. Collier, the superintendent of Manteno State Hospital, in contempt of court for failing to obey the last paragraph of a court order. The contempt order imposed a $100 fine upon each respondent. They appeal, raising the question...

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