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IN RE DETENTION OF GARDNER

No. 4-98-1029.

717 N.E.2d 517 (1999)

307 Ill. App.3d 85

240 Ill.Dec. 424

In re the DETENTION OF Jack GARDNER, Inmate No. B-28367 (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jack Gardner Respondent-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

September 3, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Joel O. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Jay Paul Hoffman, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, for the People.

Jack Gardner, Mattoon, Pro Se.

Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In December 1998, respondent, Jack Gardner, moved to dismiss the State's petition seeking to have him committed as a sexually violent person, pursuant to the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 1998)). Later that same month, the trial court conducted a hearing and granted respondent's motion. The State appeals, and we reverse and remand.

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