People v. Griffith
This text of 816 N.E.2d 353 (People v. Griffith) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Illinois Supreme Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
In this case, one Justice of this Court has recused himself and the remaining members of the Court are divided so that it is not possible to secure the constitutionally required concurrence of four judges for a decision (see Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, § 3). Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. The effect of this dismissal is the same as an affirmance by an equally divided court of the decision under review but is of no precedential value. See Perlman v. First National Bank, 60 Ill. 2d 529, 530 (1975).
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816 N.E.2d 353, 212 Ill. 2d 57, 287 Ill. Dec. 591, 2004 Ill. LEXIS 988, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-griffith-ill-2004.