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IN RE ESTATE OF WHITTINGTON

No. 60506.

107 Ill.2d 169 (1985)

483 N.E.2d 210

In re ESTATE OF CHERRY WHITTINGTON, An Incompetent, et al. (Jean Lyons, Guardian, Appellee, v. Daniel Bute, Conservator, et al., Appellants).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 27, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin D. Kelly, of La Salle (Sidney Z. Karasik, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellants.

Petz & Kozel, of La Salle (Kenneth A. Kozel, of counsel), for appellee.

Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

On May 2, 1978, the petitioner, Cherry Whittington, killed her husband. After trial on charges of murder and manslaughter, she was found not guilty by reason of insanity. She was committed to the Zeller Mental Health Center in December 1978...

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