Illinois Supreme Court· 12/2/2002

Hill v. Cowan

Citations

781 N.E.2d 1065
202 Ill. 2d 151
269 Ill. Dec. 875

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

“so long as there exists a situation in which a statute could be validly applied, a facial challenge must fail.”
“A guilty plea is intrinsically a relinquishment of the right to a trial, at which the State would be put to its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.”
a criminal case involving the waiver constitutional rights in light of a guilty plea
“the statutes involved in this case—sections 5–5–3.2 and 5–8–2 of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill.Rev.Stat.1981, ch. 38, pars. 1005–5–3.2, 1005– 8–2, now codified at 730 ILCS 5/5–5–3.2, 5–8–2 (West 2000)

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Judges: Freeman, Harrison, Kilbride

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