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PEOPLE v. LANG

Nos. 82-429, 82-2302, 83-2218, 84-1238, 84-1341 cons.

127 Ill. App.3d 313 (1984)

468 N.E.2d 1303

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. DONALD LANG, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed September 4, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Marilyn Martin, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Jane Clark Casey, Henry A. Hauser, Mark R. Davis, and Jude Wiener, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

Nearly two decades have passed, yet the interesting as well as perplexing case of respondent Donald Lang, a visually impaired,1 illiterate deaf-mute, endures — stubbornly evading efforts of finality on the part of the Illinois judiciary.

In November 1965, respondent was indicted for the murder of a woman. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 38, par...

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