Legal Opinion
People v. Geever
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided March 23, 1988No. 64173, 64466 consPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ward
On December 12, 1985, the defendants under docket No. 64173, John and Charlene Geever, were charged in an indictment with, inter alia, 12 counts of possession of child pornography in violation of section 11 — 20.1(aX2) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 11 — 20.1(a)(2)). The defendants moved to dismiss the possession counts contending that section 11 — 20.1(aX2) was unconstitutional as violating the first and fourteenth amendments of the Constitution of the United States (U.S. Const., amends. I, XIV), and article I, sections 4 and 6, of the Illinois Constitution…
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