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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 102096.

870 N.E.2d 415 (2007)

225 Ill.2d 573

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Charles JOHNSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 24, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Linda D. Woloshin and Michael Glick, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, James Fitzgerald, Mary L. Boland and Laura M. Boedeker, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Kari K. Firebaugh, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee.

OPINION

Justice FITZGERALD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

The central issue in this case is whether the Sex Offender Registration Act (730 ILCS 150/1 et seq. (West 2000)) violates due process because it required the defendant, Charles Johnson, to register as a sex offender after he was convicted, in the circuit court of Cook County, of aggravated kidnapping of a minor. See 720 ILCS 5/10-2 (West 2000). The State appeals the decision...

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