IN RE DRYJANSKI

No. 2-95-1362.

668 N.E.2d 616 (1996)

282 Ill. App.3d 161

218 Ill.Dec. 132

In re Doreen DRYJANSKI, Alleged to be a Person Found Subject to Involuntary Admission (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Doreen Dryjanski, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

July 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa L. Berge, Guardianship and Advocacy Commission (Court-appointed), Rockford, William E. Coffin and John B. Lower, Guardianship and Advocacy Commission (Court-appointed), Chicago, Ellen Holden Clark, Guardianship & Advocacy Service (Court-appointed), Chicago, for Doreen Dryjanski.

David R. Akemann, Kane County State's Attorney, St. Charles, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Robert J. Biderman, States Atty. Appellate Service Com'n, Springfield, Leslie Hairston, Staff Atty., State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for People.


Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Doreen Dryjanski, appeals the order of the circuit court finding her to be a person subject to involuntary admission (405 ILCS 5/3-700, 3-811 (West 1994)) and committing her to the Elgin Mental Health Center for a period not to exceed 60 days. Respondent contends that (1) she was denied her statutory right to a jury trial; (2) she was denied a continuance to secure the testimony of a witness; (3) the State...

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