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IN RE DETENTION OF GAVIN

No. 1-07-2512.

889 N.E.2d 746 (2008)

In re The DETENTION OF Edward GAVIN (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Edward Gavin, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

May 27, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Chicago-Kent College of Law (Daniel T. Coyne, Matthew M. Daniels, Meghan J. Paulas (Rule 711 Senior Law Student), of counsel), for Appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick, Karl R. Triebel, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice KARNEZIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent Edward Gavin filed this interlocutory appeal from an order of the circuit court denying his motion to dismiss the State's sexually violent persons commitment petition. On appeal, he contends that the circuit court should have dismissed the petition because it was untimely. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In this appeal, we interpret the meaning of section 15(b-5) of the Sexually Violent Persons...

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