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IN RE DETENTION OF DIESTELHORST

No. 5-98-0774.

716 N.E.2d 823 (1999)

307 Ill. App.3d 123

240 Ill.Dec. 229

In re Detention of Wesley DIESTELHORST (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Wesley Diestelhorst, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

August 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley K. Hart, Esq., Bullington, White, McPhail, Jarman & Evans, P.C., Hillsboro, for Appellant.

James E. Ryan, Atty. Gen., Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor Gen., State of Ill., William L. Browers, Jay Paul Hoffmann, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, for Appellee.

Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case, we examine the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West Supp.1997)) to decide whether it empowers the State to civilly commit a person on the verge of release from a sentence imposed upon a conviction for the criminal offense of child abduction.

The Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (the Act) authorizes the State to pursue the civil commitment of certain...

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