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People v. Masterson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 2, 2003No. 93579 RelPublished

1Opinion of the Court 1

Docket No. 93579–Agenda 2–March 2003.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JAMES

MASTERSON, Appellant.

Opinion filed October 2, 2003.

2Opinion of the Court · RarickJustice Rarick

Respondent, James Masterson, was charged with two counts of attempted aggravated criminal sexual assault and two counts of indecent solicitation of a child. During the pendency of the criminal charges, the State instituted civil commitment proceedings, seeking to have respondent declared a sexually dangerous person as that term is defined in section 1.01 of the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (SDPA) (725 ILCS 205/1.01 (West 1998)). After a hearing on…

3Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Kansas v. HendricksSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  2. People v. ColemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Kansas v. CraneSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. Allen v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. People v. MalchowIllinois Supreme Court · 2000

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