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Appellate Court

People v. Cardona, 2012 IL App (2d) 100542

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HERNANDO CARDONA, Defendant-Appellant.

District & No.

Second District Docket No. 2-10-0542 March 2, 2012 The appellate court affirmed the trial court's ruling at a certification hearing requiring defendant, who was acquitted of indecent solicitation of a child and found not not guilty of unlawful restraint at a discharge hearing held after his schizophrenia raised the issue of his fitness, to register as a sex offender, notwithstanding defendant's contention that the trial court could not logically find that the unlawful restraint was sexually motivated when defendant was acquitted of indecent solicitation, since the evidence more than "indicated" that defendant was motivated to engage in conduct of a sexual nature. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lake County, No. 07-CF-2036; the Hon. Fred L. Foreman, Judge, presiding.

Filed Held
(Note: This syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.)

Decision Under Review

Judgment

Affirmed.

Counsel on Appeal

Thomas A. Lilien and Kathleen Weck, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant. Michael J. Waller, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (Lawrence M. Bauer and Gregory L. Slovacek, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Panel

PRESIDING JUSTICE JORGENSEN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Bowman and Hutchinson concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

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