PEOPLE v. FREED

No. 4-01-0831.

766 N.E.2d 253 (2002)

328 Ill. App.3d 459

262 Ill.Dec. 633

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harold L. FREED, Defendant-Appellee (The Department of Corrections, Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

February 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, Brett E. Legner, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for Department of Corrections.

Jim R. Gudgel, Sangamon County Public Defender, Springfield, for Harold Freed.

John P. Schmidt, State's Attorney, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.


Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In January 1999, the trial court found defendant, Harold L. Freed, to be a sexually dangerous person, as defined in section 1.01 of the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (Act) (725 ILCS 205/1.01 (West 1998)), and committed him to the Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections (Department). In February 2001, defendant pro se filed an application showing recovery under section 9 of the Act (725 ILCS 205...

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