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PEOPLE v. WHITNEY

No. 76-246.

46 Ill. App.3d 708 (1977)

361 N.E.2d 131

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOWELL EUGENE WHITNEY, Defendant-Appellee. — (ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Petitioner-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed March 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Schuering, of Quincy, for appellant.

William Henning, of Peel, Henning, Mathers & Bell, of Galesburg, for appellee Lowell Whitney.

Order affirmed.

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

In 1971 defendant Lowell Eugene Whitney was committed to the Menard Branch of the Illinois State Penitentiary System, pursuant to the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 105-1.01 et seq.), after he had admitted attacking and forcibly raping several elderly women. In 1974 defendant petitioned the Circuit Court of Knox County for release under...

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