IN RE COMMITMENT OF CLARK

No. 1-13-3040.

14 N.E.3d 617 (2014)

2014 IL App (1st) 133040

383 Ill. Dec. 334

In re COMMITMENT OF Joseph CLARK (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Joseph Clark, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

June 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Coyne , Matthew M. Daniels , and Michael R. Johnson , all of Law Offices of Chicago-Kent College of Law, of Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Chicago ( Carolyn E. Shapiro , Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick and Stephen M. Soltanzadeh , Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Presiding Justice HOWSE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 In this interlocutory appeal we consider the question of whether an individual who is subject to the provisions of the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (the SVP Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 2008)) has a right to issue a subpoena before a probable cause hearing under the SVP Act. The trial court certified the following question pursuant to Illinois...

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