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· 2/19/2010

People v. Andrew B.

Citations

  • 930 N.E.2d 934
  • 237 Ill. 2d 340
  • 341 Ill. Dec. 420
  • 2010 Ill. LEXIS 274

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing “the fundamental principle of statutory construction that this court cannot read into the statute additional elements not intended by the legislature”
  • noting that a court may not read into a statute “additional elements not intended by the legislature”
  • pointing to the increasing number of cases in which appellate courts have \expressed serious concerns with the State's failure to adhere to the [Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities] Code's procedural safeguards\
  • pointing to the increasing number of cases in which appellate courts have “expressed serious concerns with the State’s failure to adhere to the [Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities] Code’s procedural safeguards”
  • pointing to the increasing number of cases in which appellate courts have \expressed serious concerns with the State's failure to adhere to the [Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities] Code's procedural safeguards\
  • “second element [of public interest exception] is satisfied because our appellate court is divided on the issue”

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Judges: Kilbride

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