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IN RE DETENTION OF VARNER

No. 90151.

759 N.E.2d 560 (2001)

198 Ill.2d 78

259 Ill.Dec. 780

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, and Kathleen J. Hamill, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Michael J. Waller, State's Attorney, Waukegan (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Lisa Anne Hoffman, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), and Michael Keating, law student, for the People.

Chief Justice HARRISON, delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Lake County, Herbert Varner was found to be a sexually violent person under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 1998)) and was committed to the custody of the Department of Human Services for control, custody and treatment. The appellate court affirmed, rejecting Varner's claims that the Act is unconstitutional...

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