ROWE v. RAOUL

(Docket No. 129248).

223 N.E.3d 1010 (2023)

2023 IL 129248

James R. ROWE, Kankakee County State's Attorney, et al., Appellees, v. Kwame RAOUL, Attorney General of Illinois, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Filed July 18, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, of Springfield ( Jane Elinor Notz , Solicitor General, and Alex Hemmer and Sarah A. Hunger , Deputy Solicitors General, of Chicago, of counsel), Adam R. Vaught , Special Assistant Attorney General, of Kilbride & Vaught, LLC, of LaGrange, and Luke A. Casson , Special Assistant Attorney General, of Andreou & Casson, Ltd., and Devon C. Bruce , Special Assistant Attorney General, of Power Rogers, LLP, both of Chicago, for appellants.

James R. Rowe , State's Attorney, of Kankakee, James W. Glasgow , State's Attorney, of Joliet, Patrick D. Kenneally , State's Attorney, of Woodstock, Jacqueline Lacy , State's Attorney, of Danville, Eric Weis , State's Attorney, of Yorkville, and Dan Wright , State's Attorney, of Springfield, for appellees.

Alexandra K. Block, of Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., and Matthew J. Piers, Kate Schwartz, and Margaret E. Truesdale, of Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd., both of Chicago, for amici curiae Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice et al.

David W. McArdle, of Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle, of Crystal Lake, for amicus curiae Sean Kennedy.

Timothy M. Grace, of Grace & Thompson, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Chicago Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 7.


OPINION

¶ 1 This appeal concerns the constitutionality of Public Acts 101-652 and 102-1104 (eff. Jan. 1, 2023), which dramatically changed the statutory framework for pretrial release of criminal defendants in Illinois. The circuit court of Kankakee County held...

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