Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Kane County, respondent, Thomas Traynoff, was found to be a sexually violent person under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 1998)). Respondent appealed, arguing that (1) the Act is unconstitutional under the United States Supreme Court's decision in Kansas v. Crane,
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