Illinois Supreme Court· 5/18/2006

People v. Brooks

Citations

851 N.E.2d 59
221 Ill. 2d 381
303 Ill. Dec. 161
2006 Ill. LEXIS 626

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noting that the term “docket” “connotes that the cause is entered on the court’s official docket for further proceedings”
stating the 90-day period in which the trial court must rule on a defendant’s postconviction petition was counted from the date the petition was docketed
“When a term used by the legislature is clear and unambiguous, it is not necessary to resort to other aids of construction”
“When a term used by the legislature is clear and unambiguous, it is not necessary to resort to other aids of construction”
using dictionaries to provide the definition of the word \docket\
using dictionaries to provide the definition of the word “docket”

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Judges: Freeman

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