In re K.C. & S.D.
Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 86364, 86365
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Docket Nos. 86364, 86365 cons.-Agenda 9-May 1999. In re K.C., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. K.C., Appellee).-In re S.D., a Minor (The People ofthe State of Illinois, Appellant, v. S.D., Appellee). Opinion filed July 1, 1999. JUSTICE RATHJE delivered the opinion of the court: In separate petitions for adjudication of wardship, the State charged respondents, K.C. and S.D., with criminal trespass to avehicle (720 ILCS 5/21-2 (West 1996)). The State later amended the petitions to include charges under sections4-102(a)(1) and 4-102(a)(2) of the Illinois Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/4-102(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 1996)). Respondentsmoved to strike the amendments, arguing that sections 4-102(a)(1) and 4-102(a)(2) potentially punish wholly innocentconduct without requiring a culpable mental state and therefore violate the due process clauses of the Illinois and UnitedStates Constitutions (Ill. Const. 1970, art. I, |