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PEOPLE v. MELONGO

No. 114852.

6 N.E.3d 120 (2014)

2014 IL 114852

379 Ill. Dec. 43

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Annabel MELONGO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 20, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, Springfield, and Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Gabriel Bankier Plotkin , Daniel M. Feeney and Alexandra K. Block , Miller Shakman & Beem LLP, Chicago, for appellee.

Harvey Grossman and Adam Schwartz , Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., Chicago, and Richard J. O'Brien and Sean Siekkinen , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 Defendant Annabel Melongo was charged with violations of section 14-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/14-2 (West 2008)), which defines the offense of eavesdropping. The circuit court of Cook County found the statute unconstitutional. Thus, appeal lies directly to this court. Ill. S.Ct. R. 302 (eff. Oct. 4, 2011).

¶ 2 We allowed the American Civil...

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