In re Commitment of Doherty 

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Sexually Violent Persons
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 2-09-0106
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
Lake Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
HUTCHINSON
Respondent was adjudicated a sexually violent person after jury trial. Court properly allowed State's witnesses to testify as to Respondent's provisional diagnosis of paraphilia, as physician testified as to basis for diagnosis and jury was given limiting instruction. Court properly allowed testimony as to Respondent's employment at toy store, as Respondent could have conducted discovery to probe its significance. Court properly admitted evidence of Respondent's nonsexual crimes history as relevant to his judgment and the extent to which he followed the law or restrictions imposed on him by prior conviction; and as court gave limiting instruction that testimony was offered to describe basis for experts' opinions. (ZENOFF and McLAREN, concurring.)