Illinois Supreme Court· 12/30/1987

People v. Hicks

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518 N.E.2d 148
119 Ill. 2d 29
115 Ill. Dec. 623
1987 Ill. LEXIS 271

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prior theft conviction, which elevates theft from misdemeanor to felony, is a necessary element of the offense of felony theft and must be proved during the evidentiary phase of the trial
“Absent substantial considerations to the contrary, an amendatory change in the language of a statute creates a presumption that it was intended to change the law as it theretofore existed.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.)
“Absent substantial considerations to the contrary, ‘an amendatory change in the language of a statute creates a presumption that it was intended to change the law as it theretofore existed.’ ” (quoting People v. Nunn, 77 Ill. 2d 243, 248 (1979))

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Judges: Moran, Clark, Simon

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