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PEOPLE v. HOWARD

Nos. 104608, 105022.

909 N.E.2d 724 (2009)

233 Ill.2d 213

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Stanley HOWARD, Appellee. The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Dana Holland, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Marie Quinlivan Czech and Alan J. Spellberg, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Karen L. Daniel, Chicago, Meredith N. Baron and Sarah F. Terman, law students, for appellant Holland.

Arthur Loevy, Jon Loevy, Russell Ainsworth and Kurt Feuer, of Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, for appellee Howard.

OPINION

Chief Justice FITZGERALD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

Petitioners, Stanley Howard and Dana Holland, each received a gubernatorial pardon which specifically authorized expungement pursuant to section 5 of the Criminal Identification Act (Act) (20 ILCS 2630/5 (West 2004)). The central issue in this case is whether the Act confers discretion upon the court to deny a petition to expunge...

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