PEOPLE v. McDONALD

No. 5-88-0066.

186 Ill. App.3d 1096 (1989)

542 N.E.2d 1266

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. JAMES P. McDONALD, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed August 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Koritz, of Ford & Koritz, of Sesser, for appellant.

Terry M. Green, State's Attorney, of Benton (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Gerry R. Arnold, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE HOWERTON delivered the opinion of the court:

A Franklin County jury found respondent to be sexually dangerous on the State's petition under section 4 of the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 105-4). The court entered judgment on the verdict and appointed Michael Lane, Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, respondent's guardian.

Respondent appeals and raises four issues. This...

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