IN RE COMMITMENT OF SIMONS

No. 97026.

821 N.E.2d 1184 (2004)

213 Ill.2d 523

290 Ill.Dec. 610

In re COMMITMENT OF Stephen E. SIMONS (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Stephen E. Simons, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, and Linda D. Woloshin, Lionel W. Weaver and Jay Paul Hoffmann, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

John M. Delaney, Jr., East Alton, for appellee.


Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Madison County, respondent, Stephen Simons, was found to be a sexually violent person under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 2002)) and committed to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services for control, custody, and treatment. Respondent appealed, arguing that the trial court erred in admitting...

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