In re the Commitment of Hernandez

Docket No. 108824. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS In re COMMITMENT OF BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Benjamin Hernandez, Appellee). Opinion filed November 18, 2010. JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Garman, Karmeier, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Burke took no part in the decision. OPINION At issue is whether the appellate court had jurisdiction over the State’s appeal in a sexually violent persons case when the State filed its notice…