Legal Opinion
People v. Swanson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided November 15, 2002No. 2 — 01 — 0591PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE HUTCHINSON
delivered the opinion of the court:
Respondent, John Swanson, appeals from the trial court’s order 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 1998)). On appeal, respondent argues (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); (2) the trial court erred in denying his request to dismiss the State’s petition as untimely; (3) the trial court…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
- Kansas v. HendricksSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Kansas v. CraneSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- People v. IllgenIllinois Supreme Court · 1991
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3Cited by24 opinions
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