PEOPLE v. BURKHART

No. 4-82-0738.

116 Ill. App.3d 708 (1983)

452 N.E.2d 375

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GEORGE BURKHART, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed July 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and James G. Woodward, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Ronald C. Dozier, State's Attorney, of Bloomington (Robert J. Biderman and John M. Wood, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 30, 1979, a petition was filed in the circuit court of McLean County alleging defendant, George Burkhart, to be a sexually dangerous person within the meaning of section 1.01 of the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act. This section, at all times pertinent, provided:

"As used in this Act: All persons suffering from a mental disorder, which mental disorder has existed...

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