PEOPLE v. BLEDSOE

No. 1-93-3284.

645 N.E.2d 411 (1994)

268 Ill.App.3d 869

206 Ill.Dec. 406

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brian BLEDSOE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

December 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Chicago (Mark J. Heyrman, of counsel), for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Janet Powers Doyle, Abigail Abraham, of counsel), for appellee.


Presiding Justice DiVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole question in this appeal is whether section 5-2-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections requires an independent examination by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist for a petitioner, previously found not guilty by reason of insanity, who requests such an examination in seeking release from the custody of the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. For the reasons that follow, we...

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