People v. Thorpe

The defendant appeals from a judgment that he was a sexually dangerous person (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 105—1.01 et seq.) and ordered that he be committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections in custody of its director.

In his original brief defendant contended that the proceedings amounted to a “stipulated bench trial” (see People v. Stepheny, 56 Ill. 2d 237 (1974); People v. Smith, 59 Ill. 2d 236 (1974); People v. Stinnette, 49 Ill. App. 3d 134, 363 N.E.2d 945 (1977)) without affording him various constitutional rights which would follow from what he maintains is…