PEOPLE v. ABEL

NO. 5-21-0155.

220 N.E.3d 346 (2022)

2022 IL App (5th) 210155

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Edward ABEL, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing denied March 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heidi Hoffee , of Hoffee Law Firm, of Fairfield, for appellant.

Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, of Chicago ( Jane Elinor Notz , Chicago, Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick , Mitchell J. Ness , and Erin M. O'Connell , Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

¶ 1 On September 9, 2011, the circuit court of Wayne County civilly committed the respondent, Edward Abel, as a sexually dangerous person under the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (Act) (725 ILCS 205/0.01 et seq. (West 2010)).

¶ 2 In February...

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