People v. Antoine

NO. 4-96-0490

IN THE APPELLATE COURT

OF ILLINOIS

FOURTH DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from

Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Circuit Court of

v. ) Champaign County

NATHAN J. ANTOINE, JR., ) No. 96CF262

Defendant-Appellee. )) Honorable) Harold L. Jensen,) Judge Presiding.

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PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of

the court:

In April 1996, the State filed a petition to have

defendant, Nathan J. Antoine, Jr., declared a sexually dangerous

person, pursuant to the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (Act) (725

ILCS 205/0.01 et…