People v. Palmer

Illinois Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Certificate of Innocence
Citation
Case Number: 
2021 IL 125621
Decision Date: 
Thursday, April 15, 2021
District: 
4th Dist.
Division/County: 
Macon Co.
Holding: 
Reversed and remanded with directions.
Justice: 
CARTER

Section 2-702(g)(3) of Code of Civil Procedure requires a petitioner seeking a certificate of innocence to prove innocence only of the offense as it was charged and prosecuted in the underlying criminal proceeding. (A. BURKE, THEIS, and NEVILLE, concurring; M. BURKE, GARMAN, and OVERSTREET, specially concurring.)