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IN RE DETENTION OF HAYES

No. 1-12-0364.

2014 IL App (1st) 120364

In re DETENTION OF LAWRENCE HAYES (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Lawrence Hayes, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Filed April 9, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Potts and Miguel E. Larios, both of Law Offices of Stephen Potts, of Des Plaines, for appellant.

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

Justices Pucinski and Mason concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

PRESIDING JUSTICE HYMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Cases involving the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (SVP Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 2012)) require the trial judge to particularly pay close attention to the expert evaluations of the respondent, which is precisely how the judge reached this decision. Unlike most matters, which turn on the past, the issue under SVP Act turns on what might happen...

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