PEOPLE v. TEDFORD

No. 81-561.

109 Ill. App.3d 195 (1982)

440 N.E.2d 339

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES TEDFORD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed September 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Robinson and Marilyn Martin, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Robert Morrow, State's Attorney, of Geneva (Phyllis J. Perko, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part as modified and vacated in part.

JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James Tedford, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Kane County committing him to the Department of Mental Health for a period of 24 years after his acquittal of murder by reason of insanity. He contends the trial court erred in determining his maximum period of involuntary confinement.

Defendant was charged with murder on November...

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