Order reversed.
JUSTICE WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court:
The defendant, David P. Sheahan, was charged with battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 12-3(a)-1). At his arraignment, the defendant was found guilty of direct criminal contempt of court but mentally ill. He appeals from that finding.
The trial court's order finding defendant in direct criminal contempt stated that during the arraignment, the defendant gestured with his middle...
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