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PEOPLE v. VALENTINE

No. 5-89-0588.

201 Ill. App.3d 10 (1990)

558 N.E.2d 807

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GEORGIA VALENTINE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed August 13, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Plesko and Penelope Karns, both of Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, of Carbondale, for appellant.

H. Wesley Wilkins, State's Attorney, of Jonesboro (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Debra Buchman, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment reversed.

JUSTICE HOWERTON delivered the opinion of the court:

The evidence was clear and convincing: Georgia Valentine was deluded; she had had hallucinations; her speech was impaired; she was irritable; she had attempted suicide; and she had been arrested for destroying a neighbor's property. She was a person who needed involuntary admission to a mental institution under the Illinois Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. And, she was...

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