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PEOPLE v. SWANSON

No. 2-01-0591.

780 N.E.2d 342 (2002)

335 Ill. App.3d 117

269 Ill.Dec. 157

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John SWANSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

November 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for John Swanson.

Joseph E. Birkett, Du Page County State's Attorney, Wheaton, James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Karen L. Kaplan, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, for the People.

Presiding Justice HUTCHINSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, John Swanson, appeals from the trial court's order finding him to be a sexually violent person pursuant to the provisions of the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 1998)). On appeal, respondent argues (1) the Act is unconstitutional under the United States Supreme Court's recent decision in

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