PEOPLE v. COLE

No. 3-97-0136.

701 N.E.2d 821 (1998)

299 Ill. App.3d 229

233 Ill.Dec. 756

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Leland COLE, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

September 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher W. Kanthak (Court-appointed), Galesburg, for Leland Cole.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Paul Mangieri, State's Atty., Galesburg, Judith Z. Kelly, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for People.


Justice HOLDRIDGE delivered the opinion of the Court:

Following a bench trial, the trial court found respondent, Leland L. Cole, to be a "sexually dangerous person," as that term is defined in section 1.01 of the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (725 ILCS 205/0.01 et seq. (West 1996) (the Act)). 725 ILCS 205/1.01 (West 1996). On appeal, respondent contends: (1) that a clinical diagnosis of pedophilia cannot satisfy both the "mental disorder" component of the...

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