People v. Johnson

The State charged defendant, George Johnson, with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (720 ILCS 5/12 — 14.1(a)(1) (West 1998)) and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse (720 ILCS 5/12 — 16 (c)(l)(i) (West 1998)). The charges were based on defendant’s alleged sexual abuse of four-year-old C.E The State later filed a petition to have defendant declared a sexually dangerous person pursuant to the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 205/0.01 et seq. (West 1998)). The State ultimately elected to proceed on the sexually dangerous person petition.…