ILLINOIS COURTS ISSUES OPINIONS ON THE PEOPLE OF THE OF ILLINOIS V/S MAX P. MCNAMARA CASE

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 7 -- The Illinois Courts Office issued the following opinion on April 9:

1. Held: The trial court did not err in granting the State's petition to deny pretrial release and ordering defendant detained.

2. I. INTRODUCTION

3. Defendant, Max P. McNamara, appeals an order of the circuit court of McHenry County granting the State's petition to deny pretrial release and ordering him detained pursuant to article 110 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Code) (725 ILCS 5/art. 110 (West 2022)). See Pub. Acts 101-652, section 10-255 (eff. Jan. 1, 2023) and 102-1104, section 70 (eff. Jan. 1, 2023) (we will refer to these public acts collectively as the "Acts").1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

4. II. BACKGROUN...