PEOPLE v. BLAIR

Docket No. 114122.

986 N.E.2d 75 (2013)

2013 IL 114122

369 Ill. Dec. 126

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Connie S. BLAIR, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Terence M. Patton , State's Attorney, of Cambridge ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick and Garson S. Fischer , Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Patrick Delfino , Stephen E. Norris and Jennifer Camden , of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Peter A. Carusona , Deputy Defender, and Santiago A. Durango , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice THEIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 At issue in this appeal is whether Public Act 95-688 (eff. Oct. 23, 2007), which amended the armed violence statute, revived the sentencing enhancement in the armed robbery statute that this court held unconstitutional in People v. Hauschild, 226 Ill.2d 63, 312 Ill.Dec. 601,

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