The People v. Bruckman

In i960 the grand jury for the circuit court of Champaign County returned an indictment charging the defendant, Bernard Bruckman, with a crime against nature. Thereafter a petition was filed charging that the defendant was a sexually dangerous person. The court appointed two physicians to examine the defendant and a jury hearing was held resulting in a verdict and judgment that the defendant was a sexually dangerous person. We have issued a writ of error to review that judgment.

The defendant contends that he was denied due process of law and deprived of his constitutional right not to give…