PEOPLE v. CORNELIUS

No. 97062.

821 N.E.2d 288 (2004)

213 Ill.2d 178

290 Ill.Dec. 237

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. John W. CORNELIUS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 2, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, John C. Piland, State's Attorney, Urbana (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Linda D. Woloshin, David H. Iskowich, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

James A. Martinkus, of Erwin, Martinkus & Cole, Ltd., Champaign, for appellee.


Chief Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, John Wayne Cornelius, was charged by indictment in the circuit court of Champaign County with one count of unlawful failure to register as a sex offender in the City of Champaign, within 10 days of establishing residence there, in violation of section 3(b) of the Sex Offender Registration Act (Registration Act) (730 ILCS 150/3(b) (West 2002)). Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the charge, arguing...

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