IN RE COMMITMENT OF FIELDS

Docket No. 1-11-2191.

981 N.E.2d 384 (2012)

2012 IL App (1st) 112191

367 Ill. Dec. 59

In re COMMITMENT OF Justin FIELDS (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Justin Fields, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Modified upon Denial of Rehearing December 28, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Chicago ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick and Lindsay Beyer Payne , Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.

Law Offices of Chicago-Kent College of Law, of Chicago ( Daniel T. Coyne , Matthew M. Daniels , and Elizabeth D. Leeb , of counsel), for appellant.


OPINION

Justice STEELE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, respondent Justin Fields was found to be a sexually violent person (SVP) under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 2010)).1 The trial court subsequently entered an order committing respondent to a secure facility for institutional care...

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