PEOPLE v. REED

No. 2-83-0609.

126 Ill. App.3d 1020 (1984)

467 N.E.2d 1158

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

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed August 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Wrigley, of Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, of Chicago, and Roger Derstine and Albert L. Purham, Jr., both of Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, of Peoria, for appellant.

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


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE LINDBERG delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 22, 1981, defendant, James Reed, was found not guilty of murder and attempted murder by reason of insanity after a jury trial, and was committed by the Kane County Circuit Court to the custody of the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (Department) pursuant to section 5-2-4(b) of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 1005...

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