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IN RE COMMITMENT OF BUTLER

No. 1-11-3606.

2013 IL App (1st) 113606

In re COMMITMENT OF JOHNNY BUTLER (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Johnny Butler, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing denied October 23, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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.

Justices McBride and Howse concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

JUSTICE PALMER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 BACKGROUND

¶ 2 The Petition

¶ 3 On June 9, 2008, the State filed a petition pursuant to the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 to 99 (West 2010)) seeking to have respondent, Johnny Butler, adjudicated a sexually violent person (SVP) and committed to the care and custody of the Department of Human Services (DHS). The...

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