Appellate Court of Illinois· 2/27/2006

People v. Hampton

Citations

842 N.E.2d 1124
363 Ill. App. 3d 293
299 Ill. Dec. 772
2006 Ill. App. LEXIS 131

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constitutional prohibition against disproportionate penalties for identical crimes cannot be relaxed where the State decides to proceed only with the crime carrying the greater penalty
when an amended statute has been found to violate the proportionate penalties clause the proper remedy is to remand for resentencing in accordance with the statute as it existed prior to the amendment
“any conduct by an accused intended to render a witness against him unavailable to testify is wrongful and may result in forfeiture of the accused’s privilege to be confronted by that witness”
“any conduct by an accused intended to render a witness against him unavailable to testify is wrongful and may result in forfeiture of the accused’s privilege to be confronted by that witness”
when an amended statute has been found to violate the proportionate penalties clause the proper remedy is to remand for resentencing in accordance with the statute as it existed prior to the amendment
the testimony of a single credible witness is sufficient to convict

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Judges: Cahill

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