Staff reviewed
IN RE COMMITMENT OF HUGHES
— STAFF
After hearing arguments from the parties, the circuit court issued an oral ruling that the State had met its burden in showing that a hebephilia diagnosis was generally accepted in the psychological and psychiatric communities. Thus, the court allowed the State to introduce evidence of the diagnosis at trial.
Appellate Court of Illinois · affirmed
Whether a hebephilia diagnosis is generally accepted under Frye and thus admissible in a sexually violent person commitment trial.