In re Detention of Hayes

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act
Citation
Case Number: 
2014 IL App (1st) 120364
Decision Date: 
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 3d Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
HYMAN
Court entered indefinite involuntary commitment order after jury found Defendant a sexually violent person under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. Jury found that Defendant suffers from mental disorders affecting his volitional capacity and rending him dangerous to community. Mental disorder identified as PNOS nonconsent is admissible as generally accepted diagnosis in psychiatric community; and no prejudice arose from variations between petition and proof. Court properly rejected special interrogatories as incomplete and deceptive, as they identified only one mental disorder, when State presented evidence of two disorders. (PUCINSKI and MASON, concurring.)