People v. Lindsey

Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 91381 Rel

Docket No. 91381-Agenda 14-January 2002.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. 
JERRY L. LINDSEY, Appellant.



JUSTICE FITZGERALD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Jerry L. Lindsey, pleaded guilty to the charge ofaggravated criminal sexual abuse (720 ILCS 5/12-16(d) (West1996)) and was placed on sex offender specific intensive probationfor a period of four years, and further sentenced to 364 days ofwork release. Under the terms of his work release, defendant wasconfined to the Vermilion County Public Safety Building and onlyreleased from confinement to perform 200 hours of public servicework and attend counseling. Under the terms of his sex offenderspecific intensive probation, defendant attended counseling at thePrairie Center Health Systems (Prairie Center). He began histreatment in the daytime intensive outpatient group, scheduled tomeet between 9 a.m. and noon, Monday through Friday, for aperiod of five weeks. On December 30, 1999, defendantsuccessfully completed his intensive treatment and was ordered toattend follow-up outpatient treatment. Defendant's outpatientsessions were scheduled to meet each Monday from 10 a.m. until11:30 a.m., beginning Monday, January 3, 2000.

On January 7, 2000, the State filed a petition to revokedefendant's probation. The petition stated that defendant violatedprobation by signing out of the county jail 1