FLETCHER v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 81599-81601.

688 N.E.2d 635 (1997)

179 Ill.2d 225

227 Ill.Dec. 942

Silas FLETCHER, Appellee, v. James K. WILLIAMS et al., Appellants. Theodore PARSONS, Appellee, v. James K. WILLIAMS et al., Appellants. Carl REIMANN, Appellee, v. James K. WILLIAMS et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Div., Darryl.B. Simko, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for James K Williams.

Silas Fletcher, Dixon, for Silas Fletcher.

State's Attorney of Cook County, Amicus Curiae.

Theodore Parsons, Dixon, for Theodore Parsons.

Carl Reimann, Dixon, for Carl Reimann.


Chief Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Section 3-3-5(f) of the Unified Code of Corrections formerly required the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, after initially denying a prisoner parole, to schedule a parole hearing for the prisoner every year. Ill.Rev. Stat.1975, ch. 38, par. 1003-3-5(f). That section, as amended, now permits the Board to schedule a prisoner's next parole hearing at an interval of up...

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