People v. Stavenger

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act
Citation
Case Number: 
2015 IL App (2d) 140885
Decision Date: 
Thursday, July 9, 2015
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
DuPage Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
SCHOSTOK
Defendant pled guilty to possession of child pornography. Because registering as a sex offender is not part of Defendant's sentence, does not place any actual restraint on his liberty, and is merely a collateral consequence of his conviction, Defendant lacks standing to bring a postconviction petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (HUTCHINSON and BURKE, concurring.)