IN RE BAILEY

No. 1-99-3078.

740 N.E.2d 1146 (2000)

317 Ill. App.3d 1072

251 Ill.Dec. 575

In re Detention of Richard W. BAILEY (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Richard W. Bailey, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

December 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Thomas, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellee.


Justice BURKE delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent Richard Bailey appeals from an order of the circuit court denying his motion to dismiss the State's petition to declare him a sexually violent person, contending that the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 (West Supp.2000))1 is unconstitutional. On appeal, respondent asks us to answer the five questions certified by the trial court in the affirmative...

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