Following a bench trial, defendant, Antoine Hardman, was convicted of one count ofpossessing between 1 and 15 grams of heroin with intent to deliver within 1000 feet of aschool.
Plaintiff Ramsey Herndon LLC sued defendant, Lisa Whiteside (formerly known as LisaE. Luchtefeld), doing business as Beam Oil Company, for breach of contract and conversionbecause defendant refused to pay plaintiff royalties arising from an oil and gas lease.
In this case, the trial court permitted the respondent to remain shackled during a hearing on the States petition seeking to administer psychotropic medication involuntarily. The trial court granted the States petition.
trial court discretion not to impose otherwise mandatory firearm sentencing enhancements. The appellate court rejected defendants arguments for retroactive application of these statutes to their cases that were pending on direct review when the statutes became effective and affirmed defendants convictions and sentences.
In these consolidated appeals we consider the temporal reach of two legislative enactments: (1) an amendment to section 5-130(1)(a) of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (Act) (705 ILCS 405/5-130 (West 2016)), which, inter alia, eliminated armed robbery while armed with a firearm and aggravated vehicular hijacking while armed with a firearm from the list of automatic transfer offenses, and (2) the new juvenile sentencing provisions codified in section 5-4.5-105 of the Unified Code of Corrections (Code) (730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-105 (West 2016)), which, inter alia, give the trial court discretion not to impose otherwise mandatory firearm sentencing enhancements.
At issue is whether fees that have already been earned by an attorney in a dissolution of marriage proceeding are considered available funds, such that they may be disgorged under section 501(c-1)(3) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) (750 ILCS5/501(c-1)(3) (West 2014)). We hold that earned fees are not subject to disgorgement.
At issue in this appeal is the meaning of section 3-107(b) of the Local Governmental andGovernmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Act) (745 ILCS 10/3-107(b) (West 2012)).
trial court discretion not to impose otherwise mandatory firearm sentencing enhancements. The appellate court rejected defendants arguments for retroactive application of these statutes to their cases that were pending on direct review when the statutes became effective and affirmed defendants convictions and sentences.