People v. Madrigal

Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Gar-man, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

Defendant, Claudia Madrigal, was indicted in the circuit court of Kane County on one count of identity theft in violation of section 16G — 15(a)(7) of the Identity Theft Law (720 ILCS 5/16G — 15(a)(7) (West 2008)). Section 16G — 15(a)(7) provides that “[a] person commits the offense of identity theft when he or she knowingly *** uses any personal identification information or personal identification document of another for the purpose of gaining access to any record of…