People v. Jones

JUSTICE FITZGERALD,

specially concurring:

This court has long held that we will depart from the doctrine of stare decisis upon a showing of “good cause.” Heimgaertner v. Benjamin Electric Manufacturing Co., 6 Ill. 2d 152, 167 (1955). This is true because “[t]he doctrine of stare decisis is a basic tenet of our legal system” which promotes the consistent development of the law. Wakulich v. Mraz, 203 Ill. 2d 223, 230 (2003), citing Hoffman v. Lehnhausen, 48 Ill. 2d 323, 329 (1971). I write separately today because I believe that good cause exists, in addition to that identified by the majority,…