PEOPLE v. CROSS

No. 1-92-1711.

653 N.E.2d 1308 (1995)

274 Ill.App.3d 159

210 Ill.Dec. 846

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John CROSS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

July 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County (Paul D. Bellendir, Jeffrey Howard, Asst. Public Defenders, of counsel), Chicago, for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County (Renee Goldfarb, Marie Quinlivan Czech, Michael K. Goldberg, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), Richard J. Daley Center, Chicago, for appellee.


Justice McCORMICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant John Cross was found not guilty of the murders of two persons by reason of insanity. On September 16, 1982, the trial court found defendant to be in need of mental health services on an in-patient basis and ordered defendant committed to the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (Department) for treatment. The order of commitment failed to specify the maximum...

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