{ "id": 3371663, "name": "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARTHUR D. ANDERSON, Defendant-Appellant", "name_abbreviation": "People v. Anderson", "decision_date": "1977-05-23", "docket_number": "No. 13927", "first_page": "891", "last_page": "894", "citations": [ { "type": "official", "cite": "48 Ill. App. 3d 891" } ], "court": { "name_abbreviation": "Ill. 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App. 3d", "case_ids": [ 5381041 ], "pin_cites": [ { "page": "390" } ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill-app-3d/39/0387-01" ] } ], "analysis": { "cardinality": 451, "char_count": 7990, "ocr_confidence": 0.887, "pagerank": { "raw": 6.02847802651471e-08, "percentile": 0.37363722749859163 }, "sha256": "18ddc72460d215575859c2e62aee1bce9ed9537ad8d597ba6542ada53d61d5c1", "simhash": "1:fdb8595c5283f4bc", "word_count": 1303 }, "last_updated": "2023-07-14T15:43:36.955471+00:00", "provenance": { "date_added": "2019-08-29", "source": "Harvard", "batch": "2018" }, "casebody": { "judges": [], "parties": [ "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARTHUR D. ANDERSON, Defendant-Appellant." ], "opinions": [ { "text": "Mr. JUSTICE MILLS\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nThis is, in truth, a quite simple appeal.\nThere is but one issue.\nAnderson was charged by information with burglary and criminal damage to property. He twice sought treatment under the Dangerous Drug Abuse Act, but because the probation officer refused to give his consent, the trial court denied the requests. Anderson then pled guilty to the charges, received 1-3 years in the penitentiary and then appealed, contending that the trial court erred in denying his requests for treatment because of the probation officer\u2019s refusal to consent.\nLet us elaborate a bit: the probation officer, one Michael Hughes, testified to eight lengthy interviews with the defendant, but never asked him about drugs, never noticed that he had a problem; Hughes believed the defendant\u2019s problem to be \u201can anti-social personality,\u201d stated that it was possible that drug addiction could have contributed to his problem but that he, Hughes, was not aware of it; the probation officer stated at the first hearing that he would consent to Anderson being examined by Department of Mental Health personnel to determine whether or not the defendant was indeed a drug addict; thereafter, a hearing on reconsideration of defendant\u2019s motion to be treated as an addict was conducted and it was the uncontradicted testimony of the Clinical Director of the Coles County Mental Health Association that Anderson had a severe drug addiction and should be treated under the Dangerous Drug Abuse Act; the probation officer, Hughes, after reviewing the report of the Coles County Mental Health Association, had renewed his prior position and again refused his consent to defendant\u2019s being treated under the act.\nThe trial court found that the language of the act required the specific consent of the probation officer, adding, on the record, that * * * whether he is acting capriciously and arbitrarily is immaterial. It is within the power of the legislature to grant to the probation officer the authority to make this decision.\u201d\nWe agree with the harried trial judge.\nThe solitary reason here for the denial of treatment under the Act was the lack of consent by the probation officer. So, let us look at the Act. It is found at Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 91/2, par. 120.8, and it reads as follows:\n\u201cAn addict charged with or convicted of a crime is eligible to elect treatment under the supervision of the Department instead of prosecution or probation, as the case may be, unless # * \u00b0 (e) the addict is on probation or parole and the appropriate parole or probation authority does not consent to that election * *\nDefendant, of course, urges that \u201cappropriate 0 0 0 probation authority\u201d implies the sentencing court itself. But the People contend that \u201ca less tortuous construction of the statute\u201d requires the consent of the probation authority having supervision of the defendant \u2014 i.e., the probation officer.\nThe People are correct.\nThe identical issue as presented in this case was grappled with by our sister court in People v. Phillips (1976), 39 Ill. App. 3d 387, 390, 350 N.E.2d 363, where it was concluded that the probation officer was not the \u201cappropriate parole or probation authority\u201d whose consent was required under the Act. The Supreme Court, however, reversed. (People v. Phillips (1977), 66 Ill. 2d 412, 362 N.E.2d 1037.) The salient holding was:\n\u201cWe are here concerned only with a situation where the defendant who has been charged with a crime, but not convicted, elects treatment under the Act instead of prosecution. We hold that in such a case the authority granted to the probation officer to deny treatment under the Act to persons charged with, but not convicted of, a criminal offense does not infringe upon the court\u2019s constitutional right to impose sentence.\u201d 66 Ill. 412, 415.\nThe court went on to point out that the Act affords an option or alternative criminal justice procedure by allowing a defendant suffering from a drug problem to elude or avoid the normal machinery of criminal justice, a disposition on the merits and possible ultimate disposition on sentence. Where the alternative is elected, such treatment is not a consequence of guilt or sentence, but is an option out of the mainstream of mundane sentencing procedures. The consent of the probation officer must clearly be shown if the defendant is already on probation. Failure to do this restricts the court from placing him on drug treatment prior to conviction and in lieu of such conviction and resulting sentence. But the court clearly indicated that the probation officer\u2019s consent is limited solely to that situation where the probationer may avoid conviction, and is not at all applicable where the matter proceeds to conviction and sentence. The court said:\n\u201cThe court may, however, without consent, proceed to the conviction stage and, if defendant is convicted, accomplish a similar result by imposing a sentence of probation with the condition, pursuant to section 5 \u2014 6\u20143(b)(4) of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 1005 \u2014 6\u20143(b)(4)), that defendant obtain treatment for drug addiction. The required consent of the probation officer, then, does not have the effect of dictating the sentence or infringing upon the sentencing power of the court. The sentence imposed by the court, the consequence of defendant\u2019s guilt, is that defendant will serve a term of probation, for which no consent by the probation officer is needed.\u201d 66 Ill. 2d 412, 416-17.\nIn conclusion, the court summarized as follows:\n\u201cThe required consent of the appropriate probation or parole authority in our act does not constitute a veto of the exercise of judicial authority. The participation of these officers is involved only in the determination of whether a defendant is eligible for consideration. If a defendant is not on probation or parole, naturally these officers are not involved, but if a defendant is on probation or parole and elects to take treatment under the plan it is necessary to have the cooperation of the probation or parole officer whose duty and responsibility it is to supervise the defendant. (See Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 204 \u2014 4 (probation officer), and ch. 38, par. 1003 \u2014 14\u20142 (supervising parole officer).) Without the assured cooperation of these officers the success of any treatment program would be seriously jeopardized. It is only after the eligibility requirements are satisfied that the court determines whether or not the defendant should be admitted to treatment under the Act.\u201d 66 Ill. 2d 412, 416-17.\nPhillips is controlling and we adhere to its interpretation of the Dangerous Drug Abuse Act. In the case at bar, the trial court lent due capacity to the \u201cprobation officer\u201d and \u2014 to our view \u2014 his most arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable refusal to consent. However, it is obvious from the record that the trial judge also felt bound at the time of sentencing on the plea of guilty by the probation officer\u2019s refusal to consent, and did not anew consider drug treatment as a sentencing alternative after conviction. In light of Phillips it seems to us that fundamental fairness requires a new sentencing hearing.\nTherefore, the conviction is affirmed, the sentence is vacated and the cause is remanded with direction that a new sentencing hearing be conducted, thus permitting the trial court to reconsider its disposition under the guidance of Phillips.\nAffirmed in part; sentence vacated and remanded with directions.\nCRAVEN, P. J., and TRAPP, J., concur.", "type": "majority", "author": "Mr. JUSTICE MILLS" } ], "attorneys": [ "Richard J. Wilson and Richard E.. Cunningham, both of State Appellate Defender\u2019s Office, of Springfield, for appellant.", "Paul C. Komada, State\u2019s Attorney, of Charleston (Robert C. Perry and J ames G. Condon, both of Illinois State\u2019s Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARTHUR D. ANDERSON, Defendant-Appellant.\nFourth District\nNo. 13927\nOpinion filed May 23, 1977.\nRichard J. Wilson and Richard E.. Cunningham, both of State Appellate Defender\u2019s Office, of Springfield, for appellant.\nPaul C. Komada, State\u2019s Attorney, of Charleston (Robert C. Perry and J ames G. Condon, both of Illinois State\u2019s Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People." }, "file_name": "0891-01", "first_page_order": 925, "last_page_order": 928 }