1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Ill.
  4. 112 Ill.
  5. 112 Ill. App.3d 689 (1983)
 

PEOPLE v. ROUSH

No. 81-3124.

112 Ill. App.3d 689 (1983)

445 N.E.2d 1230

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. DR. CLAUDE E. ROUSH, Superintendent of the Manteno Mental Health Center, et al., Respondents-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed February 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield (Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellants.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat and Lawrence R. Stasica, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment vacated.

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

The trial court found the Manteno Mental Health Center and Dr. Claude E. Roush, Manteno's Superintendent, guilty of indirect criminal contempt of court because a patient who had been found not guilty of aggravated kidnaping by reason of insanity (NGRI) had escaped twice from Manteno. The trial court imposed no penalty on Manteno but placed Roush on court supervision. The court...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases