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People v. Hill

Citations

  • 409 Ill. App. 3d 451
  • 949 N.E.2d 1180
  • 351 Ill. Dec. 85
  • 2011 Ill. App. LEXIS 425

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  • court may take judicial notice of a fact even if that fact constitutes an element of the offense
  • “The ordinary and popularly understood meaning of a word may be determined by utilizing the dictionary definition.”
  • courts can take judicial notice of a fact even where it constitutes an element of the offense
  • “We do not agree with the Second District’s restrictive view of the definition of ‘public property.’ ”
  • “[T]he [county] jail was property owned by the government and thereby consti‐ tuted public property.”
  • “The ordinary and popularly understood meaning of a word may be determined by utilizing the dictionary definition.”

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Judges: Turner

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