People v. Patterson

The Department of Mental Health, represented by the Attorney General, brings this appeal from the trial court’s refusal to vacate, amend, or alter its order of June 8, 1976, as it affected Lamartine Patterson. The Department’s position is opposed by the State’s Attorney of Cook County who requests that we dismiss the appeal.

Patterson was charged with two incidents of armed robbery. On January 24, 1975, he was found unfit to stand trial for these offenses and committed to the Department by Judge Strayhorn. On March 19, 1975, after conducting a hearing, Judge Collins sitting in the county…