People v. Hill

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Aggravated DUI
Citation
Case Number: 
2012 IL App (5th) 100536
Decision Date: 
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
District: 
5th Dist.
Division/County: 
Williamson Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed as modified.
Justice: 
CHAPMAN
(Court opinion corrected 5/16/12.) Defendant was convicted of aggravated DUI. Language in statute allowing for probation for conviction only when "extraordinary circumstances" is not unconstitutionally vague, and was intended to grant deference to trial court. Court properly found that extraordinary circumstances were lacking, and properly refused to consider as a mitigating factor that fatality victim, his passenger, induced Defendant to drink and drive while intoxicated. (DONOVAN and SPOMER, concurring.)