People v. Winterhalter

Respondent was committed to a Department of Corrections facility pursuant to the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (Act) (725. ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 1998)). He appeals, arguing (1) the Act violates the Illinois and United States Constitutions’ ex post facto, equal protection and substantive due process clauses; (2) the State failed to prove respondent is a sexually violent person beyond a reasonable doubt; (3) the trial judge erred in refusing to grant respondent’s motion in limine in full; and (4) the trial judge failed to provide a statutorily required hearing prior to ordering…