Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Bond
(Court opinion corrected 2/27/13.) Defendants failed to appear at court hearings on their charges of driving while license revoked, and court entered judgments of bond forfeiture. Court properly entered order denying Defendants' motion to dismiss their charges. Bond forfeiture judgments are civil, and thus are not criminal convictions for purposes of double jeopardy. Enhancement of a future punishment not based on the transaction upon which bond forfeiture arose is not punishment. Enhancement of sentence for subsequent conviction is not punishment for purposes of double jeopardy. (BURKE and HUTCHINSON, concurring.)