PEOPLE v. DINELLI

No. 98621.

841 N.E.2d 968 (2005)

217 Ill.2d 387

299 Ill.Dec. 236

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Jessica C. DINELLI, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Joseph E. Birkett, State's Attorney, Wheaton (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, and Linda D. Woloshin and David H. Iskowich, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

George Patrick Lynch, Lisle, for appellee.


Justice KILBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal we are asked to review the constitutionality of section 4-103(a)(1) of the Illinois Vehicle Code (Code) (625 ILCS 5/4-103(a)(1) (West 2000)). Section 4-103(a)(1) provides the trier of fact may infer that a person exercising exclusive unexplained possession over a stolen vehicle has knowledge the vehicle is stolen, regardless of when it was stolen. 625 ILCS 5/4-103(a)(1) (West 2000).

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