People v. Billinger

The defendant, Mike J. Billinger, was charged with two counts of residential burglary. On March 14, 1986, he pleaded guilty to both charges and was placed on supervision for two years in order to obtain treatment as a drug addict pursuant to section 22 of the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act (the Act). (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 11½, par. 6322.) The defendant was assigned to Treatment Alternatives to Street Crimes (TASC), a program licensed by the Department of Mental Health.

In November of 1986, the State filed a petition to revoke supervision on the ground that the defendant failed to…