People v. Potts

This is an appeal by the State from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Saline County in which the trial judge directed a verdict in favor of defendant, Harold Potts, in a jury trial to determine whether defendant was a sexually dangerous person pursuant to the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 38, sec. 105 — 1 et seq.). The question at issue is whether defendant was deprived of his right to choose and be represented by his own counsel prior to his psychiatric examination.

On July 20, 1972, a criminal complaint was issued charging defendant with the offense of indecent…