Legal Opinion

People v. Wallace

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided May 22, 2025No. 130173PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

2025 IL 130173

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS (Docket No. 130173) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DESHAWN WALLACE, Appellant. Opinion filed May 22, 2025. JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Theis and Justices Neville, Overstreet, Holder White, Rochford, and O’Brien concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 At issue in this appeal is whether a felony conviction for armed robbery committed by defendant Deshawn Wallace in 2008, when he was 17 years old, may serve as a qualifying or predicate felony conviction…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lynch v. Alworth-Stephens Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Illinois Publishing & Printing Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Lynch v. Alworth-Stephens Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
  4. People v. StewartIllinois Supreme Court · 2022
  5. People v. SrogaIllinois Supreme Court · 2022

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. CarswellAppellate Court of Illinois · 2026
  2. People v. ReedAppellate Court of Illinois · 2025
  3. People v. RobinsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 2025
  4. People v. DavisAppellate Court of Illinois · 2026
  5. People v. TrippAppellate Court of Illinois · 2026

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