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Appellate Court of Illinois· 1/27/2004

In Re Commitment of Stevens

Citations

  • 803 N.E.2d 1036
  • 345 Ill. App. 3d 1050
  • 281 Ill. Dec. 415
  • 2004 Ill. App. LEXIS 62
  • 2004 WL 171579

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  • evidence sufficed to show that respondent was substantially probable to reoffend where the State’s experts reached a conclusion based on clinical diagnoses and actuarial instruments
  • any error in failing to conduct a Frye hearing was harmless where the evidence established that the actuarial assessment-risk instruments were generally accepted by professionals who assess sex offenders
  • antisocial personality disorder suggestive of an inability to control one’s behavior, and hence pertinent to whether the respondent was likely to engage in further acts of sexual violence
  • antisocial personality disorder suggestive of an inability to control one's behavior, and hence pertinent to whether the respondent was likely to engage in further acts of sexual violence
  • any error in failing to conduct a Frye hearing harmless where the evidence established that the actuarial assessment-risk instruments were generally accepted by professionals who assess sex offenders
  • diagnoses of paraphilia, antisocial personality disorder, and substance abuse disorder

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Judges: Steigmann, Turner, McCullough

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