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PEOPLE v. SHEAHAN

No. 2-85-0317.

150 Ill. App.3d 572 (1986)

502 N.E.2d 48

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DAVID P. SHEAHAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed December 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and Michael F. Braun, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Gerald Grubb, State's Attorney, of Belvidere (William L. Browers and Cynthia N. Schneider, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

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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