Legal Opinion
In Re Detention of Samuelson
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 21, 2000No. 85469PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Harrison
At issue in this case is the constitutionality of this state’s recently enacted Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (725 ILCS 207/1 et seq. (West 1998)), which authorizes the indefinite involuntary commitment of individuals found to be sexually violent persons.
The case comes before us after the State initiated proceedings in March of 1998 to commit David Samuelson under the new law. Samuelson is an inmate in the Department of Corrections who was about to be released from prison following completion of his sentence for aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse,…
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- People v. JeffriesIllinois Supreme Court · 1995
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