In re Commitment of Fields

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Sexually Violent Persons
Citation
Case Number: 
2014 IL 115542
Decision Date: 
Thursday, May 22, 2014
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co.
Holding: 
Appellate court affirmed; remanded with directions.
Justice: 
FREEMAN
State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Respondent was a Sexually Violent Person (SVP) as defined by the SVP Act. Respondent did not ask court for adjournment or continuance of dispositional hearing, and no dispositional hearing occurred, contrary to clear mandate of Section 40(b)(1) of SVP Act. (GARMAN, THOMAS, KILBRIDE, KARMEIER, BURKE, and THEIS, concurring.)