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PEOPLE v. COUGHLIN

No. 77-136.

368 N.E.2d 494 (1977)

53 Ill. App.3d 23

10 Ill.Dec. 899

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William COUGHLIN, Defendant, Department of Mental Health and Development Disabilities, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

September 9, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Chicago (William J. Fitzpatrick, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. and Barbara A. Weiner, Staff Atty., Illinois Dept. of Mental Health, Chicago, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Atty., Cook County, Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon and James S. Veldman, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

MEJDA, Justice:

The Department of Mental Health and Development Disabilities (hereinafter Department), appeals from the provisions of an order entered by the circuit court of Cook County which required the Department to notify the circuit court and State's Attorney before the Department discharged the defendant, William Coughlin. The Department contends that the circuit court thereby exceeded its statutory authority.

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