Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented by this case is whether the proceedings under the Illinois Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (Act), Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 38, ¶105-1.01 et seq. (1985), are “criminal” within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee against compulsory self-incrimination. Petitioner Terry B. Allen was charged by informati…
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