People v. Slaughter

PRESIDING JUSTICE INGLIS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Maria Slaughter, appeals a circuit court order committing her to the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (see 405 ILCS 5/3 — 600 et seq. (West 1992)). She argues that the order must be reversed because: (1) the trial court abused its discretion when, after the hearing had begun, it granted sua sponte a continuance to enable the State to obtain and file the needed dispositional report (see 405 ILCS 5/3 — 810 (West 1992)); and (2) there was no clear and convincing evidence that respondent was mentally…