People v. Taylor

PRESIDING JUSTICE HUTCHINSON

delivered the opinion of

the court:

Respondent, Dale Taylor, appeals from the jury’s verdict finding him to be a sexually violent person pursuant to the provisions of the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 2000)). On appeal, respondent contends (1) the Act is unconstitutional under the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in Kansas v. Crane, 534 U.S. 407, 151 L. Ed. 2d 856, 122 S. Ct. 867 (2002), and (2) the trial court abused its discretion in permitting the State’s experts to testify regarding certain actuarial…