“When assessing a claim that someone has been denied the equal protection of the laws, we perform the same analysis, regardless of whether the claim arises under the state or federal constitution.”
How later courts described this case
- “When assessing a claim that someone has been denied the equal protection of the laws, we perform the same analysis, regardless of whether the claim arises under the state or federal constitution.”
- vacating improper restitution order under the second prong of the plain-error doctrine
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
JUSTICE TURNER, specially concurring in part and dissenting in part:
I concur with the majority in all respects except for its vacatur of the trial court’s restitution order. Defendant failed to preserve the restitution issue for appellate review by failing to file a postsentencing motion. Fouts, 319 Ill. App. 3d at 552, 745 N.E.2d at 1286. The issue is, therefore, forfeited.