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| | 41: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 November, 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | CHIEF JUSTICE KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Defendant Carmecita Williams was convicted of officialmisconduct (720 ILCS 5/333(b) (West 1998)), and sentenced to 24months probation. The appellate court reversed defendantsconviction and entered a judgment of acquittal, concluding that theevidence was insufficient to sustain her conviction. | | | | Date Created: | 11 18 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 108947 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034400 Original UID: 15980 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 42: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 November, 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Defendant, Robert G. McDonough, was charged in the circuit court of Jersey County with driving under the influence of alcohol(625 ILCS 5/11501(a)(2) (West 2008)). Defendant filed a motion tosuppress evidence and quash arrest. The circuit court granted defendants motion and subsequently rescinded the statutory summary suspension of his drivers license. The State appealed to the appellate court (see 210 Ill. 2d R. 604(a)). A divided panel of the appellate court reversed the circuit courts order to suppress evidence and quash arrest and remanded the cause to the circuit court for further proceedings. 395 Ill. App. 3d 194. | | | | Date Created: | 11 18 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 109489 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034444 Original UID: 15997 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 43: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 November, 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. After a jury trial in the circuit court of Tazewell County, defendant Gregory Dabbs was convicted of domestic battery (720 ILCS 5/123.2(a)(1) (West 2006)) against his girlfriend. At trial, his ex-wifewas permitted to testify pursuant to section 1157.4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Code) (725 ILCS 5/1157.4 (West 2008)) that he had physically abused her. Defendant argued on appeal that section 1157.4 of the Code is unconstitutional. | | | | Date Created: | 11 18 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 109698 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034457 Original UID: 15998 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 44: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 October, 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | CHIEF JUSTICE FITZGERALD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Freeman, Thomas, Kilbride, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Burke dissented, with opinion. Defendant, Marc A. Close, was charged by indictment with one count of felony driving while license revoked (625 ILCS 5/6303(d) (West 2006)). The circuit court of La Salle County granted defendants motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence, finding the stop of defendants vehicle was unlawful because the officer had noreasonable, articulable suspicion that defendant was driving outside the terms of his restricted driving permit (RDP). | | | | Date Created: | 10 21 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 108459 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034458 Original UID: 16005 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 45: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 October, 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Thomas, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Burke dissented, with opinion, joined by Justice Freeman. The State charged defendant, James T. Johnson, with one countof criminal sexual abuse, a Class A misdemeanor (720 ILCS 5/1215(c) (West 2004)), alleging that on May 23, 2005, defendant knowingly had sexual intercourse with the victim, A.C., when she was between 13 and 17 years old, and defendant was less than 5 years older than A.C. Defendants first jury trial in the circuit court of Will County resulted in a deadlocked jury, and the court declared a mistrial. The State then retried defendant. | | | | Date Created: | 10 21 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 108253 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034459 Original UID: 16004 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 46: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 November, 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Garman, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Defendant, Jesus Carrera, pled guilty to a drug offense and was sentenced to probation. After defendant had completed his probation on the drug offense, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) instituted deportation proceedings based upon defendants guilty pleato the drug offense. | | | | Date Created: | 11 18 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 109294 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034461 Original UID: 15989 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 47: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 November, 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Defendant, Thomas L. Zimmerman, was convicted of two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm and one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. The information for aggravated unlawfuluse of a weapon charged that defendant previously had been adjudicated delinquent for an act that would have been a felony if committed by an adult. | | | | Date Created: | 11 18 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 109259 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034462 Original UID: 15988 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 48: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 November, 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Garman, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. In December of 2000, in broad daylight, a woman who was getting out of her vehicle in the Sears parking lot off of Western Avenue in Chicago was approached by this defendant, who pushed a gun into her ribs and told her to leave her keys in the ignition and get out. He then drove away. In January, the vehicle was recovered, defendant was arrested, and she identified him. | | | | Date Created: | 11 18 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 108855 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034530 Original UID: 16107 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 49: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 June 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Following a jury trial in February 2008, in the circuit court of Du Page County, defendant, Eric Hanson, was convicted of four counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/91(a)(1) (West 2006)), two counts of armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/182(a)(1) (West 2006)), two counts of aggravated kidnapping (720 ILCS 5/102(a)(8) (West 2006)) and two counts of identity theft (720 ILCS 5/16G15(a)(1), (d)(1)(D) (West 2006)). The jury found death to be the appropriate sentence on the murder convictions and the circuit court of Du Page County imposed a sentence of death. The circuit court also found that the armed robbery and aggravated kidnapping convictions merged into the murder convictions and, therefore, did not enter sentences on those counts. However, the circuit court did sentence defendant to concurrent terms of 15 years for the identity theft convictions. Defendant now appeals both his conviction and sentence. | | | | Date Created: | 06 24 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 106566 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034535 Original UID: 15890 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 50: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 June 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Fitzgerald concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Garman specially concurred, with opinion, joined by Justice Thomas. Justice Freeman dissented, with opinion, joined by Justice Burke. Justice Karmeier took no part in the decision.These consolidated appeals involve individuals charged with underage drinking who plead guilty to that offense. | | | | Date Created: | 06 24 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 108289, 108290 Cons. | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034536 Original UID: 15916 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 51: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 November 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. In 2007, this defendant went on trial for sex offenses allegedly committed against the two young sons of his ex-wife, whom he had married in 2002. A De Kalb County jury returned several convictions, all of which were affirmed by the appellate court, with a slight sentencing modification. | | | | Date Created: | 11 18 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 108689 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035001 Original UID: 16433 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 52: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 November 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. In July of 2005, in Berwyn, power tools were taken from a garage where two men had been seen entering and leaving and going to an adjacent van. In March of 2007, this defendant was convicted in a Cook County jury trial for burglary, and a codefendant was also convicted. | | | | Date Created: | 11 18 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 108465 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035003 Original UID: 16435 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 53: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 November 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | CHIEF JUSTICE KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. In 1995, a gang-related shooting occurred in Chicago. One man died, and this defendant was convicted of his murder. Another man survived the shooting incident, and, for this, Amigon was convicted for aggravated battery with a firearm. This victim was rendered a quadriplegic because of damage to his spinal cord. | | | | Date Created: | 11 18 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 108319 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035004 Original UID: 16436 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 54: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 December, 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. The State appealed to the supreme court from the appellate courts reversal of a jurys conviction of a Peoria father at his second trial for the 2003 predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and criminal sexual assault concerning his three-year-old daughter. At a pretrial hearing, the defense had offered to introduce the expert testimony of a specialist in child and adolescent psychology and forensic evaluation, treatment, and questioning in child abuse cases. | | | | Date Created: | 12 02 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 108986 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035008 Original UID: 16441 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 55: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 June 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Fitzgerald concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Garman specially concurred, with opinion, joined by Justice Thomas. Justice Freeman dissented, with opinion, joined by Justice Burke. Justice Karmeier took no part in the decision.These consolidated appeals involve individuals charged with underage drinking who plead guilty to that offense. | | | | Date Created: | 06 24 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 108289, 108290 Cons. | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035202 Original UID: 16631 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 56: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 December 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Kilbride, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. This defendant was charged with robbing a Peoria bar at gunpoint along with two other men in 2004. At his jury trial, he chose to testify, and, when defense counsel asked if he had committed the crime, he said: No sir. There is no possible way that I could have committed this crime. I mean people who commit robberies, things like that, have a motive, have a reason for doing things like that. | | | | Date Created: | 12 18 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | 105320 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035209 Original UID: 16640 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 57: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 November 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Kilbride, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. This McHenry County criminal prosecution began after a 2005 one-car accident in which a minor driver who had been drinking was killed. | | | | Date Created: | 11 20 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | 105928 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035264 Original UID: 16684 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 58: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 November 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Kilbride, Garman, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. In 1995, Corey Conick pled guilty in the circuit court of Cook County to first degree murder and attempted armed robbery. | | | | Date Created: | 11 20 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | 105621 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036088 Original UID: 17246 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 59: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 November 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | CHIEF JUSTICE FITZGERALD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Freeman, Thomas, Kilbride, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. In 2001, this defendants girlfriend of three years was found shot to death in the bathroom of his apartment. | | | | Date Created: | 11 20 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | 105206 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036092 Original UID: 17245 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 60: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 November 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Kilbride, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. This decision deals with procedural, rather than substantive, issues concerning matters before the Illinois Commerce Commission.. | | | | Date Created: | 11 20 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | 105131 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036093 Original UID: 17244 FIRST WORD: People | |
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