IN RE COMMITMENT OF PHILLIPS

No. 5-05-0303.

857 N.E.2d 746 (2006)

In re COMMITMENT OF Louis Gene PHILLIPS. The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Louis Gene Phillips, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

August 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Delaney, Jr., East Alton, Curtis L. Blood, Collinsville, for Appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Linda D. Woloshin, Leah C. Myers, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, for Appellee.


Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Louis Gene Phillips appeals from the trial court's April 20, 2005, order summarily dismissing three pending motions that sought a discharge, in various forms of relief, from his commitment as a sexually violent person pursuant to the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (Sexually Violent Persons Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 2002)). We affirm.

This appeal is not the direct appeal from the jury...

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