Illinois Supreme Court· 3/24/2005

People v. Wilson

Citations

827 N.E.2d 416
214 Ill. 2d 394
292 Ill. Dec. 887
2005 Ill. LEXIS 323

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noting that where a statute does not affect first amendment rights, it will not be declared unconstitutionally vague unless it is not capable of any valid application
noting that where a statute does not affect first amendment rights, it will not be declared unconstitutionally vague unless it is not capable of any valid application
noting that where a statute does not affect first amendment rights, it will not be declared unconstitutionally vague unless it is not capable of any valid application
finding that applying the domestic battery statute after victim and defendant’s dating relationship ended is a valid exercise of the legislature’s police power since “the threat of domestic violence does not end when a relationship ends.”
reversing the trial court’s finding that the domestic-battery statute under which the defendant was charged was unconstitutionally vague as applied to him
“All statutes are presumed to be constitutional, and the burden of rebutting that presumption is on the party challenging the validity of the statute to demonstrate clearly a constitutional violation”

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