Legal Opinion
People v. Bailey
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 6, 2000No. 1-99-3078PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burke
Respondent Richard Bailey appeals from an order of the circuit court denying his motion to dismiss the State’s petition to declare him a sexually violent person, contending that the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 207/1 (West 1998)) 1 is unconstitutional. On appeal, respondent asks us to answer the five questions certified by the trial court in the affirmative. For the reasons set forth below, we answer each of the certified questions in the negative.
STATEMENT OF FACTS 2
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