PEOPLE v. HANCOCK

No. 4-13-1069.

18 N.E.3d 941 (2014)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Mark Lee HANCOCK, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

September 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Hensley , of Hensley Law Office, of Champaign, for appellant.

Julia Rietz , State's Attorney, of Urbana ( Patrick Delfino , David J. Robinson , and Allison Paige Brooks , all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 Since 2001, respondent, Mark Lee Hancock, has been in civil confinement as a sexually dangerous person. See 725 ILCS 205/8 (West 2012). In November 2010, he filed a recovery application (see 725 ILCS 205/9(a) (West 2012)), and in October 2013, a jury returned a verdict against him and in favor of the State, finding, by clear and convincing evidence, that he still...

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