Supreme Court of Illinois
People v. Carpenter, 103616, 103856, 103857cons.
In consolidated cases arising from instances where defendants had vehicle air bag compartments which contained something other than air bags and one was subsequently convicted of the felony offense of having a false or secret compartment in the motor vehicle, the statute is held unconstitutional as violative of substantiative due process guarantees where it fails to survive the rational basis test that a statute must employ reasonable means to reach a desired objective.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/17/2008
- Published 04/17/2008
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- Supreme Court of Illinois