PEOPLE v. PASTEWSKI

Nos. 76447, 76518.

647 N.E.2d 278 (1995)

164 Ill.2d 189

207 Ill.Dec. 316

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Stanley PASTEWSKI, Appellee. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Moses WARFIELD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

February 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and James W. Glasgow, State's Atty., Joliet (Norbert J. Goetten, John X. Breslin, Gary F. Gnidovec and Judith Z. Kelly, of the Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Peter A. Carusona, Asst. Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee Stanley Pastewski.

John B. Lower and Jeff M. Plesko, of the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, of Anna, for appellee Moses Warfield.


Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The question common to these consolidated appeals involves the construction of the statute governing the determination of the maximum commitment period for a defendant who has been found not guilty of a criminal offense by reason of insanity. In each of the cases before us, the trial judge relied on a provision of the extended-term sentencing statute in calculating the defendant's

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