This class action challenges the constitutionality of a section of the Counties Code which calls for the states Rental Housing Support Program to be funded by a surcharge collected by county recorders of deeds when they record real estate-related documents.
In 2005, this 17-year-old defendant entered an open guilty plea to attempted first degree murder and home invasion. His 2007 motion to withdraw his plea as not knowing and voluntary because of counsels allegedly deficient advice and representation was denied.
A Kane County jury convicted this defendant of the April 2009 hold-up of a gas station in Aurora, and the circuit court imposed a 20-year prison term for aggravated robbery.
This dispute arises from the logging of timberland in Warren County. The plaintiff is the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District. Among the defendants are Steve Walters, an Iowa timber buyer and Robert ODell, an Iowa logger.