PEOPLE v. DOE

No. 1-88-2511.

570 N.E.2d 733 (1991)

211 Ill. App.3d 962

156 Ill.Dec. 257

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John DOE and Karen Helfrich, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

March 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Cunningham, Sr. Atty., Protection and Advocacy, Inc., Chicago, for defendants-appellants.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County, (Renee Goldfarb, Jane E. Loeb, Michael J. Drake, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Presiding Justice LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Karen Helfrich, a therapist and director of a housing corporation which provides treatment for mentally-ill patients, appeals from an order denying her motion to quash a grand jury subpoena duces tecum. Helfrich maintains that the subpoena, which was issued pursuant to a "John Doe investigation" for homicide, violates the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act (Ill.Rev.Stat...

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