Legal Opinion
People v. Reliford
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 20, 1978No. 77-691PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI
delivered the opinion of the court:
The circuit court of Cook County found 17-year-old Willie Reliford mentally retarded and in need of hospitalization. He was committed to the facility recommended “as appropriate to his needs” by the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. In this appeal Reliford argues that his institutionalization, pursuant to portions of the Mental Health Code of 1967 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 91/2, pars. 1 — 1 et seq.) contravenes several provisions of both the United States and the Illinois constitutions. We find that, as…
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