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PEOPLE v. LAWTON

No. 4-02-0189.

781 N.E.2d 1122 (2002)

335 Ill. App.3d 1085

269 Ill.Dec. 932

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary LAWTON, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank McCartney, State's Attorney, Pittsfield, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, James C. Majors, Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.

John B. Leonard, Mt. Sterling, for Gary Lawton.

Justice McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from the order of the circuit court of Pike County granting defendant's petition for relief from judgment pursuant to section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2-1401 (West 2000)). We reverse.

On November 19, 1998, the trial court found defendant to be a sexually dangerous person pursuant to the Illinois Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (Act) (725 ILCS 205/0.01 through...

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