PEOPLE v. WASSELL

No. 4-99-0491.

727 N.E.2d 413 (2000)

312 Ill. App.3d 506

245 Ill.Dec. 160

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Terry L. WASSELL, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

March 31, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Alvin S. Ratana, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, for the People.

John B. Leonard, Mt. Sterling, for Terry L. Wassell.


Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In May 1998, the State charged defendant, Terry L. Wassell, with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (720 ILCS 5/12-14.1 (West Supp.1997)). In September 1998, the State filed a petition to proceed under the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (Act) (725 ILCS 205/3 et seq. (West 1998)). In May 1999, the State filed notice of its intent to call four witnesses at trial who would testify that defendant sexually...

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