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IN RE PHILLIPS

No. 77-1515.

62 Ill. App.3d 408 (1978)

379 N.E.2d 97

In re JOANNE PHILLIPS. — (THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. JOANNE PHILLIPS, Respondent-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed July 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (James H. Reddy and Timothy P. O'Neill, Assistant Public Defenders, and Alan Cohen, research assistant, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger, Mary Ann Callum, and Ira H. Raphaelson, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Joanne Phillips, was adjudged in need of mental treatment and committed to the Department of Mental Health on August 10, 1977. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-11.) Respondent does not contest that she was suffering from a mental disorder, but she contends the evidence was insufficient to show that she was unable to care for herself or was a danger to herself or...

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