People v. Finkle

Defendant, James C. Finkle, appeals from an order denying the relief sought in an application showing recovery filed by him pursuant to section 9 of the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 105—9). Defendant contends that he was denied due process of law when the trial court refused to appoint an independent psychiatrist to examine him. The State argues that no such right exists under section 9.

Defendant was found to be a sexually dangerous person under the Act in 1985 and was committed to the Menard Psychiatric Center, a maximum-security institution…