Illinois Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Armed Habitual Criminal
The supreme court considered the question of whether a felony conviction for armed robbery committed when the defendant was 17 years old could serve as a qualifying or predicate felony for the offense of being an armed habitual criminal. The supreme court held that it could, noting that there was no minimum age requirement contained in the plain language of the AHC statute. (THEIS, NEVILLE, OVERSTREET, HOLDER WHITE, ROCHFORD, and O’BRIEN, concurring)