SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 7 -- The Illinois Courts Office issued the following opinion on April 9:
1. Held: Because defendant continues using cocaine despite having undergone drug rehabilitation treatment, and because it is his drug addiction that causes him to persist in committing dangerous felonies (according to his mother and his defense counsel), the circuit court could reasonably find, by clear and convincing evidence, that no combination of pretrial release conditions would mitigate defendant's dangerousness to the community; therefore, the court did not abuse its discretion by granting the State's petition for the denial of pretrial release.
2. The State petitioned the circuit court of Peoria County to deny pretrial release to defen...