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IN RE B.C.

No. 80715.

680 N.E.2d 1355 (1997)

176 Ill.2d 536

223 Ill.Dec. 919

In re B.C. et al., Minors (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. B.C., et al., Appellees).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerry R. Arnold, State's Attorneys App. Pros. Mt. Vernon, Fifth Judicial District, Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Div, Chicago, and State's Attorney Madison County, Edwardsville, for the People.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney Cook County, Crim. Appeals Div. and Alan J. Spellberg, Assistant State's Attorney, Chicago, for Citizens of Cook County.

State Appellate Defender Mt. Vernon, Fifth Judicial District and Rita Peterson, State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for B.C.

Ruth L. Lansner, Anti-Defamation League, Chicago, for Anti-Defamation League Amicus Curiae.

Clyde E. Murphy, Chicago, for Chicago Lawyers' Committee.

Gary Feinerman, Mayer, Brown & Platt and Jenner & Block, Chicago, for the American Jewess Congress.

Chief Justice FREEMAN, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question presented by this appeal is whether section 12-7.1(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (the hate crime statute) (720 ILCS 5/12-7.1(a) (West 1994)) requires that the victim of the offense be the individual, or of the group of individuals, whose actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or national origin provided reason for...

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