Supreme Court of Illinois

A writ of mandamus is entered requiring the judge to order that a defendant convicted his fourth offense of driving on a suspended license and sentenced to 180 days, the "minimum term of imprisonment" required by the Illinois Vehicle Code, is ineligible for good-behavior credit where the County Jail Good Behavior Allowance Act provides that a "mandatory minimum sentence" may not be reduced for good-behavior credit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/22/2005
• Published 09/22/2005

Judges

• Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph E. Birkett, State's Attorney, Wheaton (Norbert J. Goetten, Martin P. Moltz, Cynthia N. Schneider, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, of counsel), for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for respondent.