PEOPLE EX REL. DIRECTOR OF CORR. v. BOOTH

No. 99329.

830 N.E.2d 569 (2005)

215 Ill.2d 416

294 Ill.Dec. 157

The PEOPLE ex rel. DIRECTOR OF CORRECTIONS, Appellant, v. Lonnie BOOTH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Jan E. Hughes, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


Justice KARMEIER delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this case is whether section 12-1001(h)(4) of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/12-1001(h)(4) (West 2002)), which exempts from judgment, attachment or distress for rent payments of up to $7,500 made on account of personal bodily injury of the debtor, applies to actions brought by the state under section 3-7-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/3-7-6 (West 2002)) against persons committed...

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