People v. Eckhardt

This is a direct appeal brought by the State from a ruling entered in the circuit court of Cook County which held that section 5 — 6 — 1(d) of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 1005 — 6 — 1(d)) violates equal protection guarantees and is, therefore, unconstitutional. Because we find that this section of the Unified Code satisfies constitutional requirements, we reverse the decision of the circuit court.

The statute at issue authorized the court to impose supervision except where:

“[a] defendant [has been] charged with violating Section 11 — 501 of The Illinois…