IN RE DETENTION OF SWOPE

No. 2-02-0328.

797 N.E.2d 211 (2003)

343 Ill. App.3d 152

277 Ill.Dec. 864

In re DETENTION OF William G. SWOPE (William G. Swope, Petitioner-Appellant, v. The People of the State of Illinois, Respondent-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

September 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, and Bruce Kirkham (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for William G. Swope.

Deborah E. Ellis, Ogle County State's Attorney, Oregon, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Lisa Anne Hoffman, Russell K. Benton, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, for the People.


Justice McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, William G. Swope, appeals from the order of the trial court denying his petition for conditional release pursuant to section 60 of the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (Act) (725 ILCS 207/60 (West 2000)). We affirm.

On November 9, 1999, Swope was adjudicated a sexually violent person and committed to the custody of the Department of Human Services (DHS). This court affirmed the adjudication...

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