Legal Opinion
In Re Detention of Lindsay
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 29, 2002No. 5-01-0582PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goldenhersh
Kenneth L. Lindsay (respondent) was scheduled to be released from the Department of Corrections. Shortly before that time, the Illinois Attorney General filed a petition for his commitment under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 1998)). Respondent moved to dismiss the petition as violating the plea he negotiated for his charged offense. The circuit court of Montgomery County denied the motion to dismiss. On appeal, respondent raises the following issues: (1) whether the plea bargain encompassed a prohibition against pursuing a petition under the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- People v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1999
- Thomas Palermo and Sheldon Saltzman v. Warden, Green Haven State Prison, and Russell OswaldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- People v. NavarroliIllinois Supreme Court · 1988
- People v. WolfeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
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3Cited by8 opinions
- People v. HughesIllinois Supreme Court · 2013
- People v. HarnettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- People v. StewartAppellate Court of Illinois · 2008
- State v. MuminNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2003
- People v. StefanskiAppellate Court of Illinois · 2019
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