People v. Parrott

Defendant Stanley Parrott was committed to the Department of Corrections in 1975 under the provisions of the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 105—1.01 et seq.). In 1977, after the Illinois Supreme Court held that the standard of proof necessary for commitment under the Act was proof beyond a reasonable doubt (see People v. Pembrock (1976), 62 Ill. 2d 317, 342 N.E.2d 28), the State filed a second petition to commit the defendant. At the hearing on this petition, the parties stipulated to admission of the evidence presented at the 1975 hearing, and…