The state can use a defendant's statement, previously made to a psychiatrist who examined the defendant's fitness to stand trial, to place the defendant in a "sex deviate facility," located in a prison, for an indefinite amount of time, if

the charges are dropped and the person is found to be a sexually dangerous persons. Indicate whether the statement is true or false


TRUE Allen v. Illinois (1986)

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