In re Detention of Gavin

SECOND DIVISION May 27, 2008 No. 1-07-2512 IN RE THE DETENTION OF EDWARD GAVIN ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of (The People of the State of Illinois, ) Cook County ) Petitioner-Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) Edward Gavin, ) Honorable )) Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Respondent-Appellant). Judge Presiding. JUSTICE KARNEZIS delivered the opinion of the court: Respondent Edward Gavin filed this interlocutory appeal from an order of the circuit court denying his motion to dismiss the State's sexually violent persons commitment petition. On appeal, he contends that the circuit court should have dismissed the…