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PEOPLE v. LANG

Nos. 1-87-1833, 1-87-1872.

587 N.E.2d 490 (1992)

225 Ill. App.3d 229

167 Ill.Dec. 221

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald LANG, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Public Defender's Office of Cook County, Chicago (Rita A. Fry and Bruce C. Landrum, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

State's Attorney's Office of Cook County, Chicago (Jack O'Malley, Renee Goldfarb and Kevin Sweeney, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice McCORMICK delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1971, defendant, Donald Lang, was arrested and charged with the murder of Earlene Brown. At the time of the murder, defendant, who has been deaf from birth, was unable to speak, read, or write and did not know sign language. In 1972, defendant was tried for the murder and convicted by a jury. On appeal, after determining that defendant's disabilities deprived him...

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