IN RE DETENTION OF TRAYNOFF

No. 2-01-0880.

789 N.E.2d 865 (2003)

338 Ill. App.3d 949

273 Ill.Dec. 691

In re DETENTION OF Thomas TRAYNOFF (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Thomas Traynoff, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

May 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, and Kathleen J. Hamill (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Thomas Traynoff.

Meg Gorecki, Kane County State's Attorney, St. Charles, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Anne S. Bagby, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, for the People.


Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Thomas Traynoff, appeals from a trial court order finding him to be a sexually violent person pursuant to the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 1998)). On appeal, respondent argues that (1) the Act is unconstitutional under the United States Supreme Court's decision in Kansas v. Crane, 534 U.S. 407, 122 S.Ct. 867, 151...

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