In re Detention of Bauer

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Sexually Violent Persons
Citation
Case Number: 
2020 IL App (2d) 180905
Decision Date: 
Thursday, June 4, 2020
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
Lee Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
McLAREN

(Court opinion corrected 6/24/20.) After a Frye hearing, court found that the diagnosis of hebephilia has been generally accepted in the relevant scientific community, and found Respondent to be a sexually violent person (SVP). A rational trier of fact could find the elements of SVP proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Respondent's commission of some offenses while on b ond or on parole, and his above-high risk to reoffend, on risk-assessment tests, support a finding that it was substantially probable that Respondent will engage in future acts of sexual violence. Court did not err in finding that Respondent is a SVP. (HUTCHINSON and JORGENSEN, concurring.)