People v. Hardig

Defendant was accused of murder but was remanded to the Department of Human Services following a finding of unfitness. The DHS later recommended that defendant be conditionally released and he was transferred to a private facility. The trial court granted the State’s motion to impose additional conditions on the conditional release, barring contact between defendant and his aunt and preventing the defendant from accessing the Internet. The defendant appealed, arguing that the conditions were without sufficient basis and against the manifest weight of the evidence. The appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part, finding that the no-contact order was not against the manifest weight of the evidence but that the order prohibiting defendant from accessing the Internet was not narrowly tailored or reasonably related to any public interest and was against the manifest weight of the evidence. (DAVENPORT and ANDERSON, concurring)