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2018Sebby , 2017 IL 119445 , ¶ 53, 417 Ill.Dec. 756 , 89 N.E.3d 675 . ¶ 67 Because we have reversed the felony murder conviction but affirmed the finding of guilty as to the lesser included offense of aggravated battery with a firearm, we consider whether the evidence as to that offense was closely balanced. ¶ 68 In this case, two witnesses, Ms. Allen and Mr. Thomas, testified consistently as to seeing defendant at the park with a gun on the night in question.

2018Sebby , 2017 IL 119445 , ¶ 53, 417 Ill.Dec. 756 , 89 N.E.3d 675 . ¶ 67 Because we have reversed the felony murder conviction but affirmed the finding of guilty as to the lesser included offense of aggravated battery with a firearm, we consider whether the evidence as to that offense was closely balanced. ¶ 68 In this case, two witnesses, Ms. Allen and Mr. Thomas, testified consistently as to seeing defendant at the park with a gun on the night in question.

2018This requires the reviewing court to undertake a common sense analysis of all evidence in context ( Belknap , 2014 IL 117094 , ¶ 50, 387 Ill.Dec. 633 , 23 N.E.3d 325 ), including evidence regarding the witnesses' credibility and evidence on the elements of the charged offense.

2018This requires the reviewing court to undertake a common sense analysis of all evidence in context ( Belknap , 2014 IL 117094 , ¶ 50, 387 Ill.Dec. 633 , 23 N.E.3d 325 ), including evidence regarding the witnesses' credibility and evidence on the elements of the charged offense.

2011Herron, 215 *702 Ill.2d at 179, 294 Ill.Dec. 55 , 830 N.E.2d 467 .

2011Herron, 215 *702 Ill.2d at 179, 294 Ill.Dec. 55 , 830 N.E.2d 467 .

2008In Young v. Northern Illinois Conference of United Methodist Church, 21 F.3d 184 (7th Cir. 1994), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals construed this frequently quoted passage from Milivojevich: "[N]o 'arbitrariness' exception--in the sense of an inquiry whether the decisions of the highest ecclesiastical tribunal of a hierarchical church complied with church laws and regulations--is consistent with the constitutional mandate that civil courts are bound to accept the decisions of the highest judicatories of a religious organization of hierarchical polity on matters of discipline, faith, intern

2008In Young v. Northern Illinois Conference of United Methodist Church, 21 F.3d 184 (7th Cir. 1994), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals construed this frequently quoted passage from Milivojevich: “[N]o ‘arbitrariness’ exception — in the sense of an inquiry whether the decisions of the highest ecclesiastical tribunal of a hierarchical church complied with church laws and regulations — is consistent with the constitutional mandate that civil courts are bound to accept the decisions of the highest judicatories of a religious organization of hierarchical polity on matters of discipline, faith, inte

2008In Young v. Northern Illinois Conference of United Methodist Church, 21 F.3d 184 (7th Cir. 1994), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals construed this frequently quoted passage from Milivojevich: “[N]o ‘arbitrariness’ exception — in the sense of an inquiry whether the decisions of the highest ecclesiastical tribunal of a hierarchical church complied with church laws and regulations — is consistent with the constitutional mandate that civil courts are bound to accept the decisions of the highest judicatories of a religious organization of hierarchical polity on matters of discipline, faith, inte

2008In Young v. Northern Illinois Conference of United Methodist Church, 21 F.3d 184 (7th Cir. 1994), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals construed this frequently quoted passage from Milivojevich: “[N]o ‘arbitrariness’ exception — in the sense of an inquiry whether the decisions of the highest ecclesiastical tribunal of a hierarchical church complied with church laws and regulations — is consistent with the constitutional mandate that civil courts are bound to accept the decisions of the highest judicatories of a religious organization of hierarchical polity on matters of discipline, faith, inte

1993App. 3d at 922 , 548 N.E.2d at 405 .) Plaintiff’s attorney argued on appeal that he was misled and lulled “into a false sense that the claim had been accepted and would be settled.” Murphy, 191 Ill.

1993App. 3d at 922 , 548 N.E.2d at 405 .) Plaintiff’s attorney argued on appeal that he was misled and lulled “into a false sense that the claim had been accepted and would be settled.” Murphy, 191 Ill.

1992(Gay v. Open Kitchens, 100 Ill.

1992Gay v. Open Kitchens, 100 Ill.App.3d at 971 , 56 Ill.Dec. at 261 , 427 N.E.2d at 341 .

1987Ed. 2d 362, 371 , 102 S. Ct. 1186, 1192 ; People v. Wawczak (1985), 109 Ill. 2d 244, 249 .) That is, the statute will be considered vague “in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.” Coates v. City of Cincinnati (1971), 402 U.S. 611, 614 , 29 L.

1986Ed. 2d 222, 227-28 , 92 S. Ct. 2294, 2298-99 .) To sustain a vagueness challenge, the complainant must prove that the statute is vague “ ‘not in the sense that it requires a person to conform his or her conduct to an imprecise but comprehensible normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.’ ” (Village of Hoffman Estates v. The Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. (1982), 455 U.S. 489 , 495 n.7, 71 L.

1981(Hoffman v. United States (1951), 341 U.S. 479 , 95 L.

1979Ed. 1118, 1124 , 71 S. Ct. 814 , 818: “[I]f the witness, upon interposing his claim, were required to prove the hazard in the sense in which a claim is usually required to be established in court, he would be compelled to surrender the very protection which the privilege is designed to guarantee.

1970In Ogden v. People, 134 Ill 599, 25 NE 755 , the court said at page 601: “The statement by the witnesses for the prosecution of a fact which they ascertained through the sense of hearing was not the statement of mere matter of opinion, but the statement of a conclusion reached directly and primarily from an operation of the sense of hearing.

1967In Ogden v. People, 134 Ill 599, 25 NE 755 , the court said at page 601: “The statement by the witnesses for the prosecution of a fact which they ascertained through the sense of hearing was not the statement of mere matter of opinion, but the statement of a conclusion reached directly and primarily from an operation of the sense of hearing.

2026There is a common sense exception to these statutory requirements. “[E]vidence of a rule need not be shown where the employee’s conduct would otherwise be illegal or constitute a prima facie intentional tort.” Petrovic, 2016 IL 118562, ¶ 36 .

2023That some terms are ambiguous is insufficient—the regulation must be “incapable of any valid application in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.” (Internal quotations omitted.) Id. at 292-93 .

2023Moreover, for a vagueness challenge to a regulation that does not implicate First Amendment interests, if the challenger’s “conduct clearly falls within the proscribed conduct,” then the regulation is not unconstitutionally vague “even though [it] may be vague as to other conduct.” Petco Petroleum, 363 Ill.

1995A statute is said to violate due process under either the United States Constitution or the Illinois Constitution on the basis of vagueness only if its terms are so ill-defined that the ultimate decision as to its meaning rests on the opinions and whims of the trier of fact rather than any objective criteria or facts. ( People v. Pembrock (1976), 62 Ill.2d 317, 322 , 342 N.E.2d 28 .) A statute will be considered unconstitutionally vague on its face only where it is incapable of any valid application in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all. ( People v. Haywood (1987), 118 I

1995A statute is said to violate due process under either the United States Constitution or the Illinois Constitution on the basis of vagueness only if its terms are so ill-defined that the ultimate decision as to its meaning rests on the opinions and whims of the trier of fact rather than any objective criteria or facts. ( People v. Pembrock (1976), 62 Ill.2d 317, 322 , 342 N.E.2d 28 .) A statute will be considered unconstitutionally vague on its face only where it is incapable of any valid application in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all. ( People v. Haywood (1987), 118 I

1995Dec. 236 , 515 N.E.2d 45 , quoting Coates v. City of Cincinnati (1971), 402 U.S. 611, 614 , 91 S.Ct. 1686, 1688 , 29 L.Ed.2d 214, 217 .) Further, due process requires that a statute must not be so vague that men of common intelligence must necessarily guess at its application or meaning. ( People v. Fabing (1991), 143 Ill.2d 48, 53 , 155 Ill.Dec. 816 , 570 N.E.2d 329 .) Applying these principles to the present case, we find that the statute is sufficiently clear.

1995Dec. 236 , 515 N.E.2d 45 , quoting Coates v. City of Cincinnati (1971), 402 U.S. 611, 614 , 91 S.Ct. 1686, 1688 , 29 L.Ed.2d 214, 217 .) Further, due process requires that a statute must not be so vague that men of common intelligence must necessarily guess at its application or meaning. ( People v. Fabing (1991), 143 Ill.2d 48, 53 , 155 Ill.Dec. 816 , 570 N.E.2d 329 .) Applying these principles to the present case, we find that the statute is sufficiently clear.

1995A statute is said to violate due process under either the United States Constitution or the Illinois Constitution on the basis of vagueness only if its terms are so ill-defined that the ultimate decision as to its meaning rests on the opinions and whims of the trier of fact rather than any objective criteria or facts. ( People v. Pembrock (1976), 62 Ill.2d 317, 322 , 342 N.E.2d 28 .) A statute will be considered unconstitutionally vague on its face only where it is incapable of any valid application in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all. ( People v. Haywood (1987), 118 I

1995(People v. Pembrock (1976), 62 Ill. 2d 317, 322 .) A statute will be considered unconstitutionally vague on its face only where it is incapable of any valid application in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.

1992App. 2d 344, 354-58 , 193 N.E.2d 219, 223-25 .) In this sense the doctrine is an equitable doctrine and subject to equitable principles.

1991Indeed, when an administrative agency exercises its rule making power, it performs a quasi-legislative function. [Citation.] Administrative rules and regulations have the force and effect of law and, like a statute, enjoy a presumption of validity. [Citations.] Neither at the trial court level nor on appeal has the defendant challenged the validity of the regulation in question on the basis that it was not properly promulgated pursuant to legislative authority or that it was not binding on him.” (Emphasis added.) Samel, 115 Ill.

1988Ed. 2d 903, 909 , 103 S. Ct. 1855, 1858 ; People v. Bales (1985), 108 Ill. 2d 182, 188 , 483 N.E.2d 517, 520 .) To sustain a vagueness challenge, the complainant must prove that the statute is vague “not in the sense that it requires a person to conform his [or her] conduct to an imprecise but comprehensible normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.” Coates v. City of Cincinnati (1971), 402 U.S. 611, 614 , 29 L.

1988Ed. 2d 903, 909 , 103 S. Ct. 1855, 1858 ; People v. Bales (1985), 108 Ill. 2d 182, 188 , 483 N.E.2d 517, 520 .) To sustain a vagueness challenge, the complainant must prove that the statute is vague “not in the sense that it requires a person to conform his [or her] conduct to an imprecise but comprehensible normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.” Coates v. City of Cincinnati (1971), 402 U.S. 611, 614 , 29 L.

1988Ed. 2d 903, 909 , 103 S. Ct. 1855, 1858 ; People v. Bales (1985), 108 Ill. 2d 182, 188 , 483 N.E.2d 517, 520 .) To sustain a vagueness challenge, the complainant must prove that the statute is vague “not in the sense that it requires a person to conform his [or her] conduct to an imprecise but comprehensible normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.” Coates v. City of Cincinnati (1971), 402 U.S. 611, 614 , 29 L.

1987Ed. 2d 362, 371 , 102 S. Ct. 1186, 1192 ; People v. Wawczak (1985), 109 Ill. 2d 244, 249 .) That is, the statute will be considered vague “in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.” Coates v. City of Cincinnati (1971), 402 U.S. 611, 614 , 29 L.

1986Ed. 2d 222, 227-28 , 92 S. Ct. 2294, 2298-99 .) To sustain a vagueness challenge, the complainant must prove that the statute is vague “ ‘not in the sense that it requires a person to conform his or her conduct to an imprecise but comprehensible normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.’ ” (Village of Hoffman Estates v. The Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. (1982), 455 U.S. 489 , 495 n.7, 71 L.

1983A properly promulgated administrative rule or regulation, like a civil statute, is an expression of legislative policy — not in the sense that a rule constitutes legislation (see, e.g., Fox v. Inter-State Assurance Co. (1980), 84 Ill.

1978App. 3d 934 , 373 N.E.2d 750 .) Both of these instances recognize a common sense standard.

1978App.3d 934 , 373 N.E.2d 750 .) Both of these instances recognize a common sense standard.

1972The Court in holding the ordinance so vague as to be invalid said: “Thus, the ordinance is vague not in the sense that it requires a person to conform his conduct to an imprecise but comprehensible normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.” ( 402 U.S. 611 , 29 L.Ed.2d 214, 217 , 91 S.Ct. 1686, 1688 .) In our opinion the ordinances are clearly distinguishable, and we adhere to our decision in City of Chicago v. Fort (1970), 46 Ill.2d 12 , wherein at page 16 we said, “*** the ordinance defines boundaries sufficiently distinct for us to review th

1971Edwards v. North Shore Gas Co., 289 Ill.App. 32 , 6 N.E.2d 489 .

1971Edwards v. North Shore Gas Co., 289 Ill.App. 32 , 6 N.E.2d 489 .

1964In Kulesza v. Chicago Daily News, Inc., 311 Ill App 117, 35 NE2d 517 , it is said: (p 125) that the law is well settled that a motion to dismiss will be sustained if the words claimed to be libelous are not reasonably or fairly capable of the construction placed upon them by plaintiffs, and that it is for the court to decide whether the publication was reasonably capable of the meaning ascribed to it in the innuendo.