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IN RE PRESSWOOD

No. 76-50.

51 Ill. App.3d 104 (1977)

366 N.E.2d 442

In re HENRY PRESSWOOD. — (THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. HENRY PRESSWOOD, Respondent-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed July 19, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Judith A. Stewart, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, Linda Ann Miller, and Jeffrey Singer, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE PERLIN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, Henry Presswood, respondent, was found to be in need of mental treatment and remanded to the custody of the Department of Mental Health for hospitalization. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-11.) Presswood appeals, contending that the State failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence that he was a person in need of mental treatment as defined...

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