In re Detention of Morris

Defendant, Gregory Morris, filed a petition for relief from judgment (735 ILCS 5/2 — 1401 (West 2000)) following his adjudication as a sexually violent person. The trial court denied the petition, and we affirm.

Defendant was convicted of the aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 12 — 14) of two different women in 1987 and had a subsequent conviction for aggravated criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/12 — 14 (West 1992)) in 1994. The 1994 assault occurred while defendant was on parole and attending sex-offender treatment. In May 1999, a jury found defendant was…