People v. Britz

JUSTICE HARRISON,

specially concurring:

I agree with the result reached by the majority, but write separately because I disagree with the reasoning employed by my colleagues in rejecting petitioner’s Brandon claim.

In People v. Brandon, 162 Ill. 2d 450, 461 (1994), decided just two years ago, this court declared the language of section 104 — 21(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 104— 21(a)) to be clear and unambiguous. Now my colleagues have abruptly decided that a phrase in that statute, "other medications under medical direction,” cannot be plainly…