In re Melcher,

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act
Citation
Case Number: 
2013 IL App (1st) 123085
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 2d Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
QUINN
After jury trial, Respondent was found to be a sexually violent person (SVP), under SVP Commitment Act, and committed to custody of DHS. Court properly admitted testimony as to diagnosis of parphilia not otherwise specified (PNOS), nonconsenting females, without a Frye hearing, given ample evidence that PNOS nonconsent is generally accepted within psychological community, supported by judicial landscape in other states and in Seventh Circuit. (HARRIS and SIMON, concurring.)