People v. One Residence Located at 1403 East Parham Street

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• finding that Illinois’ statutory homestead exemption from “attachment, judgment, levy or judgment sale for the payment of his or her debts or other purposes ” prohibited forfeiture
• holding that the homestead exemption may not be taken away by the owner’s commission of a criminal act under exemption which states that the homestead is “exempt from attachment, judgment, levy or judicial sale for the payment of his or her debts or other purposes”
• “[T]he purpose of the homestead exemption is to secure to the homesteader a shelter beyond the reach of his improvidence.”
• “[T]he purpose of the homestead exemption is to secure to the homesteader a shelter bey- ond the reach of his improvidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).