(DOWNLOAD) "People v. Dednam" by Supreme Court of Illinois # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People v. Dednam
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 30, 1973
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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The People appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Kankakee County dismissing a criminal complaint charging the defendants, Norman Dednam and David W. Lehman, with the offense of knowingly maltreating a person in need of mental treatment, based on section 15-1 of the Mental Health Code of 1967, which provides: Any person who conspires unlawfully to cause, or unlawfully causes, any person to be adjudicated as mentally retarded or in need of mental treatment or as incompetent or to be detained at, or admitted to or hospitalized in any hospital, or any person who receives or detains any mentally retarded person, or person in need of mental treatment, contrary to this Act, or any person who maltreats any mentally retarded person, or person in need of mental treatment, or any person who knowingly aids, abets or assists or encourages any mentally retarded person, or person in need of mental treatment to be absent without permission from any hospital or custodian in which or by whom such person is lawfully detained, or any person who violates any provision contained in this Act or rule or regulation of the Department hereunder shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned not exceeding one year in a penal institution other than the penitentiary or both. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 91 1/2, par. 15-1.