Legal Opinion
People v. Thoennes
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 9, 2002No. 4-00-0776PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Turner
In January 2000, defendant, Sean Michael Thoennes, was charged with the offense of false personation of a peace officer (720 ILCS 5/32— 5.1 (West 1998)). Following a jury trial in April 2000, defendant was convicted and sentenced to 24 months’ probation. On appeal, defendant argues the false-personation-of-a-peace-officer statute is unconstitutional as it is violative of substantive due process and overbroad. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In January 2000, a grand jury returned an indictment against defendant, along with his cousin, Robert Thoennes (not a party to this appeal), charging him with the…
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