Appellate Court of Illinois· 7/21/2000

People v. Maher

Citations

734 N.E.2d 95
314 Ill. App. 3d 1088
248 Ill. Dec. 387
2000 Ill. App. LEXIS 622

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“The fact that the judge’s questions brought out information damaging to respondent does not mean the judge was acting as an advocate.”
where this court applied the probable-repetition exception in an involuntary hospitalization case
where this court applied the probable-repetition exception in an involuntary hospitalization case
where respondent had a history of mental illness, and at least a brief history of prior involuntary hospitalization, it was reasonable to expect that the same action, i.e., involuntary admission, might be undertaken again
“A trial court may, in its discretion, question witnesses to elicit the truth or clarify material issues that seem obscure as long as it does so in a fair and impartial manner.”
where respondent had a history of mental illness, and at least a brief history of prior involuntary hospitalization, it was reasonable to expect that the same action, i.e., involuntary admission, might be undertaken again

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Judges: Cook, Myerscough, Knecht

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