PEOPLE v. ROUSH

No. 82-2238.

111 Ill. App.3d 618 (1982)

444 N.E.2d 625

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CLAUDE ROUSH et al., Defendants. — (Bernard Thiem et al., Petitioners-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed December 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Heyrman, of Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, of Chicago, and Charles D. Weisselberg, law student, for appellants.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Dean P. Karlos, and Louis F. Stalzer, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Order reversed.

JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

Contempt proceedings were brought against Dr. Claude Roush and the Manteno Mental Health Center. As a result of these proceedings, the circuit court of Cook County ordered Roush and Manteno to take certain specific actions regarding patients who had been found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRIs) and had been committed to the Department of Mental Health under the appropriate statute. The...

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