PEOPLE v. BUFFER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield ( David L. Franklin , Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick and Gopi Kashyap , Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

James E. Chadd , State Appellate Defender, Patricia Mysza , Deputy Defender, and Christopher L. Gehrke , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee.

John Marshall Law School, Pro Bono Program & Clinic, of Chicago ( J. Damian Ortiz , of counsel, and Cheryl Kamide , Margaret Shadid , and Marlee Turim , law students), amicus curiae.

Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, of Chicago ( Shobha L. Mahadev and Scott F. Main , of counsel, and Sarah Aagard and Kristen Froese , law students), for amici curiae Children and Family Justice Center et al.