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IN RE DETENTION OF VARNER

No. 2-99-0322.

734 N.E.2d 226 (2000)

315 Ill. App.3d 626

248 Ill.Dec. 518

In re DETENTION OF Herbert VARNER (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Herbert Varner, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, and Kathleen J. Hamill (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Herbert Varner.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Robert E. Davison, DePaepe & Davison, Springfield, for the People.

Justice RAPP delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Herbert Varner, appeals from a jury verdict finding him to be a sexually violent person and the trial court's entry of a commitment order pursuant to the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 1998)). On appeal, respondent challenges the constitutionality of the Act. Respondent also contends that the trial court erred in ordering him committed to institutional...

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