Illinois Code § 730 ILCS 5/5-1-8

Defendant in need of mental treatment.
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"Defendant in need of mental treatment" means any defendant afflicted
with a mental disorder, not including a person with an intellectual disability, if
that defendant, as a result of such mental disorder, is reasonably expected
at the time of determination or within a reasonable time thereafter to
intentionally or unintentionally physically injure himself or other
persons, or is unable to care for himself so as to guard himself from
physical injury or to provide for his own physical needs.

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