PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 5-99-0783.

739 N.E.2d 105 (2000)

317 Ill.App.3d 283

250 Ill.Dec. 644

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesse J. JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

November 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, E. Joyce Randolph, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for Appellant.

D. Brian Trambley, State's Attorney, Vienna; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Patrick D. Daly, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Appellee.


Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

Jesse J. Jones (defendant) asks us to find that Public Act 89-689 (Pub. Act 89-689, eff. December 31, 1996 (1996 Ill. Laws 3775)) is unconstitutional because the act violates the rule that all bills must be confined to a single subject (Ill. Const. 1970, art. IV, § 8(d)). Defendant is specifically interested in section 104-21 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5/104-21 (West 1996)), which includes...

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