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· 10/2/1979

In Re Wigoda

Citations

  • 395 N.E.2d 571
  • 77 Ill. 2d 154
  • 32 Ill. Dec. 341
  • 1979 Ill. LEXIS 349

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a continuing belief in one’s innocence is not sufficient to bar reinstatement and noting the distinction between repentance and reha-bilitation
  • city alderman convicted of accepting bribe may be reinstated despite his continuing assertion of innocence
  • city alderman convicted of accepting bribe may be reinstated despite his continuing assertion of innocence
  • “Rehabilitation, the most important consideration in reinstatement proceedings, is a matter of one’s return to a beneficial, constructive and trustworthy role.” (quotation marks omitted)

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Judges: Clark, Ward

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