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MATTER OF BENNETT

No. 4-93-0129.

623 N.E.2d 942 (1993)

251 Ill. App.3d 887

191 Ill.Dec. 352

In the Matter of Edmund BENNETT, Asserted to be a Person Subject to Involuntary Admission (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Edmund Bennett, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Lower, Director, Jeff M. Plesko, Managing Atty., Legal Advocacy Service, Guardianship and Advocacy Com'n, Anna, for respondent-appellant.

Lawrence R. Fichter, State's Atty., Decatur, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Elliott Turpin, Staff Atty., Springfield, for petitioner-appellee.

Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent-appellant Edmund Bennett, a voluntary patient at Meyer Mental Health Center (Center), requested discharge. Thereupon a petition for involuntary admission was filed by the State in the circuit court of Macon County. During the proceedings Bennett apparently changed his mind about his request for discharge and asked to remain at the Center on a voluntary basis. The court found Bennett to be mentally ill and...

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