People v. Phillips

Louis Gene Phillips appeals from the trial court’s April 20, 2005, order summarily dismissing three pending motions that sought a discharge, in various forms of relief, from his commitment as a sexually violent person pursuant to the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (Sexually Violent Persons Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 2002)). We affirm.

This appeal is not the direct appeal from the jury’s February 7, 2001, finding that he is a sexually violent person. That appeal has already been heard and decided by this court. On October 29, 2002, in an order pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 23…