IN RE STEPHENSON

No. 48390.

67 Ill.2d 544 (1977)

367 N.E.2d 1273

In re CHARLES STEPHENSON, Appellant. — (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Rovell, Jeffrey D. Colman, and Lisa Salkovitz, of Chicago (Jenner & Block, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, and Henry A. Hauser and Timothy Szwed, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

The Cook County grand jury returned indictments charging that defendant, Charles Stephenson, murdered two persons. Subsequent proceedings resulted in a January 3, 1974, finding that he was unfit to stand trial, and his confinement in a State institution pending recovery. On January 10 a petition alleging defendant to be in need of mental...

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