People v. Austin

This case arises under the provisions of the Illinois Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 105 — 1.01 et seq.). On March 20, 1972, William F. Austin, a high-school gym teacher, was in-dieted on three counts of indecent liberties with a child and one count of contributing to the sexual delinquency of a child. On June 2, 1972, pursuant to the provisions of the Illinois Sexually Dangerous Persons Act, the State petitioned the Circuit Court of the 19th Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois, to declare Austin to be a "sexually dangerous person” and to appoint two…