In re Commitment of Galba

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Sexually Violent Persons
Citation
Case Number: 
2017 IL App (3d) 150613
Decision Date: 
Friday, May 19, 2017
District: 
3d Dist.
Division/County: 
Whiteside Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
HOLDRIDGE

Respondent, in 2002, was found to be a sexually violent person (SVP) and ordered committed to a secure facility. Court properly granted State's motion for a finding of no probable cause to believe that Respondent was not still an SVP, which State filed after Respondent's most recent reevaluation. Respondent failed to satisfy his burden, in failing to establish that he no longer had a mental disease or that he was no longer dangerous or presented a substantial probability of reoffending. Respondent's progress in treatment, as acknowledged by State's psychologist expert, was insufficient to establish probable cause that Respondent was not longer a SVP. (LYTTON and McDADE, concurring.)