People v. Focia

JUSTICE LYTTON,

specially concurring:

When the General Assembly enacted legislation providing for the rescission of statutory summary suspension of driver’s licenses (625 ILCS 5/2—118.1 (West 1994)), it failed to provide a definition for "rescission” and failed to state whether such rescissions should apply retroactively. Thus, we are left with the difficult task of giving meaning to the language of the statute. For the reasons stated below, I believe that the charge of driving while license suspended must be reinstated.

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