181 Ill. 2d 133
692 N.E.2d 315
Decided February 20, 1998
Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1998-02-20
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Decided 1998-02-20
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently August 2025 · most notably 204 Ill. 2d 400 - People v. Greco (2003), 223 Ill. 2d 286 - People v. Woodrum (2006)
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¶1specially concurring:
¶2I join in the judgment of the court and the analysis of the federal constitutional issue. Because the case is decided on federal constitutional grounds, there is no need for us to consider here whether the Illinois Constitution independently requires the same result. Accordingly, I do not join the brief discussion in the majority opinion regarding a state constitutional basis for our decision in this case. 181 Ill. 2d at 147.