· 5/7/1970
People Ex Rel. Symonds v. Gualano
Citations
- 260 N.E.2d 284
- 124 Ill. App. 2d 208
- 1970 Ill. App. LEXIS 1488
How courts have described this case
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- holding that gubernatorial pardon removed the defendant’s ineligibility to hold public office because of prior convictions
- holding that gubernatorial pardon removed the defendant's ineligibility to hold public office because of prior convictions
- constitutional power of governor to grant pardons is not abridged by constitutional provision making persons convicted of infamous crimes ineligible to run for public office
- “It was the manifest purpose of those who designed our constitutional framework to give the governor full and untrammeled discretion in ... restoring the rights of citizenship.”
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Judges: Dempsey
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