People Ex Rel. Birkett v. Dockery

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• stating that a cardinal rule of statutory construction prohibits courts from rewriting a statute and departing from its plain language by reading into it exceptions, limitations, or conditions not expressed by the legislature (citing In re Michelle J., 209 Ill. 2d 428, 437 (2004))
• “we cannot rewrite a statute, and depart from its plain language, by reading into it exceptions, limitations or conditions not expressed by the legislature”
• “It is a cardinal rule of statutory construction that we cannot rewrite a statute, and depart from its plain language, by reading into it exceptions, limitations, or conditions not expressed by the legislature.”
• “It is a cardinal rule of statutory construction that we cannot rewrite a statute, and depart from its plain language, by reading into it exceptions, limitations, or conditions not expressed by the legislature.”
• “It is undisputed that because a defendant can waive his entire right to a trial by jury [citation], he can also waive his constitutional right to a jury panel composed of 12 members.” (citing Scudieri, 363 Ill. at 87, and Pierce, 369 Ill. 172)
• “It is undisputed that because a defendant can waive his entire right to a trial by jury [citation], he can also waive his constitutional right to a jury panel composed of 12 members.” (citing Scudieri, 363 Ill. at 87, and Pierce, 369 Ill. 172)

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