People v. Powell

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LINN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent was found to be in need of mental treatment and was involuntarily committed to the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. On appeal respondent contends that the evidence was insufficient to justify the commitment order and that respondent should not have been called as an adverse witness.

At the commencement of the hearing on May 22,1979, the State, over the objection of respondent’s counsel, called respondent to testify as an adverse witness. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 110, par. 60.) Respondent, who…