People v. Relerford

Illinois Supreme Court PLAs
Criminal Court
Due Process
Citation
PLA issue Date: 
November 23, 2016
Docket Number: 
No. 121094
District: 
1st Dist.

This case presents question as to whether defendant’s convictions for stalking and cyber stalking are constitutional. Instant convictions arose out of allegations that defendant called victim on her phone, sent her emails, stood outside her place of business, entered her place of business and made multiple posts on her Facebook page threatening victim’s co-workers and expressing desire to engage in sexual acts with victim. App. Ct. found that both statutes were facially unconstitutional under due process clause of 14th Amendment, since they lacked mens rea requirement.