Legal Opinion
People v. Lawton
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 7, 2004No. 95802 RelPublished
1Opinion of the Court 1
Docket No. 95802–Agenda 3–January 2004.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. GARY LAWTON, Appellant.
Opinion filed October 7, 2004.
2Opinion of the Court · RarickJustice Rarick
Gary Lawton was declared a sexually dangerous person and committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections pursuant to the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (725 ILCS 205/0.01 et seq. (West 2002)). He subsequently petitioned the circuit court of Pike County to obtain relief from that judgment pursuant to section 2–1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2–1401 (West 2002)). As grounds for his petition, Lawson argued, among other things,…
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3Cases cited47 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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