PEOPLE v. AUSTIN

(Docket No. 123910).

155 N.E.3d 439 (2019)

2019 IL 123910

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Bethany AUSTIN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 18, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, of Springfield ( David L. Franklin , Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick and Garson S. Fischer , Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Igor Bozic , of West Dundee, for appellee.

Maryanne C. Woo , M. Patrick Yingling , and Stephanie A. Gerstetter , of Reed Smith LLP, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Cyber Rights Initiative.


OPINION

¶ 1 Defendant Bethany Austin was charged with violating section 11-23.5(b) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/11-23.5(b) (West 2016)), which criminalizes the nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images. On defendant's motion, the circuit court...

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