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· 10/22/1998

People v. Koppa

Citations

  • 703 N.E.2d 91
  • 184 Ill. 2d 159
  • 234 Ill. Dec. 479
  • 1998 Ill. LEXIS 1564

How courts have described this case

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  • finding no violation of the proportionate penalties clause based on a comparison of armed violence (aggravated criminal sexual abuse) and armed violence (aggravated kidnaping) to aggravated criminal sexual abuse and aggravated kidnaping
  • for purposes of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, aggravating factor must have existed during the commission of the offense
  • plain language of statute is best indicator of legislative intent

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Judges: Bilandic

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