People v. Burdunice
Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 96563 NRel
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Docket No. 96563-Agenda 4-March 2004. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. Opinion Filed May 20, 2004. JUSTICE FITZGERALD delivered the opinion of the court: In January 2000, the defendant, a correctional officer at theKankakee County Detention Center, was charged with one count ofunlawful delivery of a contraband handgun into a penal institution (see 720ILCS 5/31A-1.2(c)(1) (West 1998)), one count of unlawful delivery ofcontraband cellular telephone batteries into a penal institution (see 720ILCS 5/31A-1.2(c)(1) (West 1998)), one count of aiding escape (see720 ILCS 5/31-7(b) ( West 1998)), and one count of official misconduct(see 720 ILCS 5/31A-1.2(c)(1) (West 1998)). The defendant wasconvicted of the delivery of contraband cellular telephone batteries charge,acquitted of the other charges, and sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment. On appeal, the defendant argued that Public Act 89-688, which,among its various provisions, added cellular telephone batteries to the listof contraband prohibited in penal institutions, violated the so-called singlesubject rule of the Illinois Constitution. See Ill. Const. 1970, art. IV, |