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MATTER OF SMILLEY

No. 76-463.

369 N.E.2d 315 (1977)

54 Ill. App.3d 31

11 Ill.Dec. 861

In the Matter of John SMILLEY. PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. John SMILLEY, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

October 27, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender of Cook County, for respondent-appellant; John M. Kalnins, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel.

Bernard Carey, State's Atty. of Cook County, for petitioner-appellee; Laurence J. Bolon, Renee G. Goldfarb, Randolph T. Kemmer, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel.

LINN, Justice:

John Smilley, respondent, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court remanding him to the custody of the Department of Mental Health for hospitalization pursuant to a finding that he was in need of mental treatment. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1975, ch. 91½, par. 1-11.) Respondent contends he was denied his constitutional right to confront the witnesses against him by the improper admission into evidence of hearsay testimony of a psychiatrist who did not testify...

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