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PEOPLE v. COAN

No. 2-98-1207.

724 N.E.2d 1049 (2000)

311 Ill. App.3d 296

244 Ill.Dec. 161

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wesley A. COAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

February 10, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, and Kim M. DeWitt (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Wesley A. Coan.

Timothy W. Johnson, DeKalb County State's Attorney, Sycamore, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Richard S. London, Cynthia N. Schneider, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.

Justice GALASSO delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Wesley A. Coan, appeals the circuit court's order committing him to the Illinois Department of Corrections as a sexually dangerous person. He contends that the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 205/0.01 et seq. (West 1998)) violates his constitutional rights to due process and equal protection because it (1) does not permit the court to consider whether defendant may be treated...

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