IN RE COMMITMENT OF FIELD

No. 2-02-1382.

813 N.E.2d 319 (2004)

349 Ill. App.3d 830

286 Ill.Dec. 262

In re COMMITMENT OF Alan FIELD (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Alan Field, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

July 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, and Mark G. Levine (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Alan Field.

Roger T. Russell, Boone County State's Attorney, Belvidere, Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Gary S. Feinerman, Solicitor General, Linda D. Woloshin, Lisa A. Smith, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, for the People.


Justice BYRNE delivered the opinion of the court:

The trial court found respondent, Alan Field, to be a sexually violent person pursuant to the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 2000)) and ordered him committed to a Department of Human Services (DHS) treatment facility indefinitely. Before the trial, the court granted respondent a hearing under Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C.Cir.1923), to determine...

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