People v. J.D.

- The Defendant was diagnosed with schizophrenia, Tourette and other serious mental issues. As a result of him not taking his prescribed psychotropic medication, he hallucinated one summer evening and wandered into a suburban police station, and stole a marked squad car parked running in front of the station by an officer whom quickly went into the station for a few minutes. The Defendant was spotted and took the police, from several departments, on a high speed chase for almost 40 miles, before he crashed the vehicle. Fortunately, nobody was injured and the Defendant only suffered minor injuries. As a result, the Defendant was charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding, burglary to an auto, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, reckless driving, amongst other charges, and, most of the charges were felonies. Salvatore C. Miglore requested a psychiatric evaluation for sanity, where the forensic psychiatrist felt that the Defendant was not able to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law, because he was “insane”, suffering from delusions at the time of the offense, flowing from not taking his medication. The matter proceeded to trial; and, the Defendant was found not guilty by reason of insanity, where, this finding is the functional equivalent to a finding of not guilty or total acquittal for court mandated treatment through the Illinois Department of Human Services as an outpatient. The arrest can be expunged upon completion of a successful course of treatment.