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IN RE WHITEHOUSE

No. 76-220.

56 Ill. App.3d 245 (1977)

371 N.E.2d 990

In re LAWRENCE P. WHITEHOUSE. — (THE PEOPLE ex rel. RALPH W. HAY, Petitioner-Appellee, v. LAWRENCE P. WHITEHOUSE, Respondent-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed December 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Habiger, of Prison Legal Aid, of Carbondale, for appellant.

William A. Schuwerk, Jr., State's Attorney, of Chester (Bruce D. Irish and Martin N. Ashley, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Randolph County finding him to be a person in need of mental treatment and ordering his commitment to the Chester Mental Health Center pursuant to the Illinois Mental Health Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-1 et seq.). The only question in this cause is whether the judgment of the trial court was...

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