SYKES v. SCHMITZ

No. 1-18-0458.

124 N.E.3d 1176 (2019)

2019 IL App (1st) 180458

Cory SYKES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Leo P. SCHMITZ, Director of State Police, Defendant-Appellee, (The Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Respondent-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, THIRD DIVISION.

March 20, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Payonk Jr. , of James A. Payonk, Jr., P.C., of Orland Park, for appellant.

Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, and Kimberly M. Foxx , State's Attorney, both of Chicago ( David L. Franklin , Solicitor General, Katelin B. Buell , Assistant Attorney General, and Cathy McNeil Stein , Paul Castiglione , Martha-Victoria Jimenez , and Marie D. Spicuzza , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellees.


OPINION

¶ 1 In Illinois, if an applicant for a Firearm Owners Identification Card has been convicted of a felony, the Illinois State Police may deny the application on that basis alone. But the applicant can petition for relief from that denial. In some instances, that...

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