Following a juvenile court proceeding, T.C., a minor, was adjudicated delinquent of aggravated criminal sexual assault and sentenced to five years of probation. As a result of being adjudicated delinquent of aggravated criminal sexual assault, T.C. was classified as a "sexual predator" pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) (730 ILCS 150/1 et seq. (West 2004)), thereby mandating him to register as a sex offender for the rest of his natural life. On appeal, T.C. argues that...  

A jury found defendant, Aaron M. Beasley, guilty of unlawful possession of more than 400 grams but less than 900 grams of a substance containing cocaine with intent to deliver (720 ILCS 570/401(a)(2)(C) (West 2006)). The trial court sentenced defendant to 12 years' imprisonment, which was the minimum sentence under the statute. On appeal, defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and, in the alternative, raises several arguments concerning the fairness of his trial. Though we find...  

Plaintiff, Laura Perez, appeals the Vermilion County circuit court's September 2007 order, which denied her motion for summary judgment; granted the summary-judgment motion filed by defendants, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and its Director, Erwin McEwen; and affirmed DCFS's dismissal of plaintiff's appeal from an indicated finding of abuse or neglect. We reverse the circuit court's affirmation of DCFS's dismissal of plaintiff's appeal and remand with...  

The plaintiff, Sharon Wildey, filed a lawsuit for legal malpractice against the defendant, Mary Paulsen, in the circuit court of Cook County. Wildey argued that Paulsen's legal malpractice caused the reversal of a $178,000 judgment in favor of Wildey and against Wildey's former fiancé. The trial court found that Paulsen committed legal malpractice and was liable to Wildey for damages in the amount of $100. Wildey appealed and Paulsen cross-appealed the trial court's ruling. For the...  

Following a bench trial, defendant Roosevelt Billups was found guilty of disorderly conduct and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction. He specifically contends that the State failed to establish the concealment element of the disorderly conduct charge and, accordingly, that his conviction should be reversed... At trial, the parties stipulated that Cynthia McCall would testify that about 11:45 a.m., on...  

On January 24, 2007, plaintiff Kenin L. Edwards filed a single-count, pro se complaint against defendant City of Henry, requesting damages for alleged violations of the Illinois Antitrust Act (Act) (740 ILCS 10/1 et seq. (West 2006)). The City filed a "Motion to Dismiss and for Sanctions" claiming immunity under the Act (740 ILCS 10/5(15) (West 2006)) and alleging that plaintiff lacked a good-faith basis for his complaint. The motion also asserted that plaintiff, a non-lawyer,...  

In this appeal, we are asked to answer the following certified questions:... (1) "Whether the immunity of section 3-107(b) of the Tort Immunity Act (745 ILCS 10/3-07(b)) applies to so-called `manmade objects,' such as a wooden bridge or boardwalk which is part of a recreational hiking and riding trail"; and... (2) "Whether the common law `frequent trespass doctrine' creates an exception to or limitation upon the non-intended user immunity of section 3-102(a) of the Tort Immunity Act...  

In this case, plaintiffs, David Bowers, Bridget Bowers, Betsy Easton, James Easton, Gordon Eggers, Georganne Eggers, Kathleen Robison, and Shin Katsumata, challenge the validity of an ordinance adopted by defendants, the City of Rockford, Susan Goral, Beverly J. Campion, Margie M. Mullins, and Kenneth M. Staff (collectively the City of Rockford), which... ... ... sought to forcibly annex their property. The sole issue in this case is whether the 60-acre statutory limitation in section 7-1-13 of...  

Defendant Fred Baird filed this interlocutory appeal in connection with a suit by plaintiffs Millineum Maintenance Management, Inc., and Capital Development Group, LLC, which sought among other things administrative review of the Lake County Board's (Board) denial of their conditional-use permit application. The trial court granted plaintiffs' motion for a de novo hearing... ... ... to review the Board's decision to deny them a conditional-use permit, but the court certified two questions of...  

Land developers Anthony Cribbin and Peter Koulogeorge purchased property in Chicago with the intent of constructing apartment buildings on the property and then selling it at a profit. After they had owned the property for several years and incurred various expenditures in pursuit of their plans, the City of Chicago (City) rezoned the property, such that the planned construction was no longer allowed. Cribbin and Peter Koulogeorge then filed an action against the City, seeking a ruling that as...  

Stacie Bovan, administrator of the estate of Lorenzo Hamilton, brought a wrongful death suit against American Family Life Insurance Company (American Family) and American Family agent Eric Lindsay. She alleged that Lindsay, as agent for American Family, had sold a life insurance policy to a man impersonating Hamilton and that the impostor was part of a conspiracy to murder the real Hamilton so that the conspirators could collect the death benefit. She thus contended that Hamilton's death was a...  

Plaintiff Baird & Warner Residential Sales, Inc. (Baird & Warner), filed a three-count complaint against defendants Patricia Mazzone (Mazzone) and Midwest Realty Ventures, LLC, d/b/a Prudential Preferred Properties (Prudential), alleging breach of contract against Mazzone, tortious interference with contract against Prudential, and tortious interference with prospective economic advantage against both defendants. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss under section 2-615 of the Code of Civil...  

Defendant, Charles I. Schoreck, Jr., appeals his conviction of aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4(b)(1) (West 2004)), arguing that: (1) the trial court abused its discretion in concluding that the State, at a January 2006 fitness hearing, proved him fit to stand trial; and (2) the trial court did not engage defendant in a colloquy adequate to insure that his waiver of his right to present an insanity defense was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. We hold that the trial court's finding of...  

On February 13, 2002, Judy Anderson died in the emergency room at Rush-Copley Medical Center. Leonard Anderson (plaintiff), decedent's husband and the administrator of her estate, commenced a wrongful death and survival action against Rush-Copley Medical Center, Inc. (Rush-Copley or defendant). During discovery, defendant refused to tender to plaintiff certain documents... ... ... on the basis that they are privileged under sections 8-2101 through 8-2105 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Medical...  

The Supreme Court of Illinois has remanded this cause to our court to address a jurisdictional question it raised with regard to defendant's notice of appeal. We address the supreme court's question and vacate our March 13, 2007, opinion... I. BACKGROUND... On November 10, 2004, pursuant to a plea agreement, defendant, Edward J. Smith, pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (720 ILCS 570/401(c)(2) (West 2002)), and the trial court sentenced him to 10...  

Pursuant to a partially negotiated plea agreement, defendant, Stuart W. Rose, pleaded guilty to intent to manufacture a controlled substance (720 ILCS 570/401(a)(6.6)(B) (West 2000)). In exchange, the State nol-prossed two other drug charges against him. The trial court sentenced defendant to 14 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant argues that at sentencing the trial court (1) improperly considered evidence that was suppressed in a prior case against him, and (2) failed to adequately...  

In November 2006, a jury found defendant, Chad A. Hostetter, guilty of driving under the influence (DUI) (625 ILCS 5/11-501(a)(2) (West 2006)). In January 2007, the trial court sentenced defendant to 24 months' probation with the condition that he serve 30 days' imprisonment with credit for 15 days served... Defendant appeals, arguing the State (1) committed plain error when, during direct examination and the State's case in chief, the State elicited testimony that defendant invoked his right...  

This litigation arises from an October 1999 car accident, in which defendant Beau Drewes, who was driving a vehicle owned by his father and defendant Michael Drewes, struck a vehicle driven by defendant and counterplaintiff-appellant and cross-appellee Hollis L. Brumfield. Michael's car was insured by plaintiff and counterdefendant-appellee and cross-appellant... ... ... Economy Fire and Casualty Company (Economy Fire), a subsidiary of St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (St. Paul). St....  

Interveners-appellants, The Pantagraph newspaper and its reporter Edith Brady Lunny (Pantagraph), filed a petition to intervene and gain access to an evidence deposition in a criminal case, People v. Pelo (Nos. 06-CF-581 and 06-CF-679 (Cir. Ct. McLean Co.)). On November 19, 2007, before the trial date in Jeffrey Pelo's case had been set, the trial court granted Pantagraph's petition to intervene but denied access to the evidence deposition. Pantagraph appealed. We affirm... I. BACKGROUND... The...  

After probation officers recovered pornographic material from his bedroom and computer on January 4, 2005, defendant, Clayton Thornburg, was charged with three counts of possession of child pornography (720 ILCS 5/11-20.1(a)(6) (West 2004)). Defendant subsequently filed a motion to quash his arrest and suppress evidence. On April 5, 2007, the circuit court granted the motion, finding that defendant's consent to the home search was involuntary and that the probation officers lacked a reasonable...