Supreme Court of Illinois

In the matter of counts of domestic battery, conviction is upheld over claims that the domestic battery statute is unconstitutionally vague where it was not unreasonable for the legislature to include within the domestic battery statute relationships that had been over for only a few months.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/24/2005
• Published 03/24/2005

Judges

• Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Diane Sipich, State's Attorney, Tuscola (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Linda D. Woloshin, Domenica A. Osterberger, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Colleen Morgan, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellee.