People v. Artis

Docket No. 105751. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. MAURICE A. ARTIS, Appellee. Opinion filed January 23, 2009. JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Kilbride, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION The issues in this appeal are whether this court should abandon the one-act, one-crime doctrine of People v. King,

66 Ill. 2d 551

(1977), and if not, whether the State should be allowed to exercise its prosecutorial discretion…