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PEOPLE v. LANG

No. 61368.

113 Ill.2d 407 (1986)

499 N.E.2d 1105

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 1, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Marilyn Martin, Assistant Public Defender, 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 MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Donald Lang, is a 41-year-old, visually impaired, deaf mute. He was never taught to read or write, and for most of his life he has had virtually no ability to communicate with other people in any recognized language system. However, in recent years respondent has attained a...

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