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IN RE DETENTION OF SAMUELSON

No. 85469.

727 N.E.2d 228 (2000)

189 Ill.2d 548

244 Ill.Dec. 929

In re DETENTION OF David C. SAMUELSON (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. David C. Samuelson, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield (Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Margaret M. O'Connell and Lisa Anne Hoffman, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

James B. Kinzer, Watseka, for Appellee.

Chief Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

At issue in this case is the constitutionality of this state's recently enacted Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 1998)), which authorizes the indefinite involuntary commitment of individuals found to be sexually violent persons.

The case comes before us after the State initiated proceedings in March of 1998 to commit David Samuelson under the new law. Samuelson...

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