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THE PEOPLE v. HAMPSTEN

No. 38643.

32 Ill.2d 596 (1965)

208 N.E.2d 577

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. MINOR E. HAMPSTEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 24, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CRAIG & CRAIG, of Mattoon, (WHITNEY D. HARDY, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and RALPH D. GLENN, State's Attorney, of Charleston, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and MARK B. HUNT, JR. and L. STANTON DOTSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Minor E. Hampsten, was indicted in the circuit court of Coles County for indecent liberties with a child. The State's Attorney thereafter filed a petition alleging that defendant was a sexually dangerous person within the meaning of the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap. 38, pars. 820.01, et seq.) After a hearing on the petition a jury found...

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