People v. Masterson 

Illinois Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Sexually Dangerous Persons
Citation
Case Number: 
2011 IL 110072
Decision Date: 
Thursday, September 22, 2011
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
KILBRIDE
Defendant, having confessed to history of pedophilic behavior, was involuntarily committed as a sexually dangerous person. Persons subject to the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act and the Sexually Violent Persons Act are not similarly situated. Thus, Defendant's equal protection claim, that he was not allowed to retain his own expert at public expense, as is allowed for those found to be sexually violent, must fail. (FREEMAN, THOMAS, GARMAN, KARMEIER, BURKE, and THEIS, concurring.)