People v. Goossens

Illinois Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Probation
Citation
Case Number: 
2015 IL 118347
Decision Date: 
Thursday, September 24, 2015
District: 
3d Dist.
Division/County: 
Rock Island Co.
Holding: 
Appellate court affirmed; circuit court affirmed.
Justice: 
KARMEIER
Police sergeant was convicted of intimidation, a Class 3 felony, after he threatened not to respond to 911 calls from a local auto racetrack as long as 2 former police officers were employed there. Defendant's sentence to 2 years probation included condition requiring that he become current on child support. Plain language of Unified Code of Corrections authorizes a trial court to impose any of the enumerated conditions under Section 5-6-3(b), regardless of whether condition relates to nature of Defendant's conviction. Thus, that Section provides express statutory authority to impose payment of child support as a condition of probation. (GARMAN, FREEMAN, THOMAS, KILBRIDE, BURKE, and THEIS, concurring.)