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705 ILCS 5/5 (2026)

If the said supreme court shall not sit in any term, or shall not continue to sit the whole term, or before the end of the term shall not have heard and determined all matters and causes depending in said courts, all matters and causes depending and undetermined shall stand continued until the next succeeding term

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(705 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 37, par. 10)
    Sec. 5. If the said supreme court shall not sit in any term, or shall not continue to sit the whole term, or before the end of the term shall not have heard and determined all matters and causes depending in said courts, all matters and causes depending and undetermined shall stand continued until the next succeeding term.
(Source: R.S. 1874, p. 327.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2002–2009 · leading case: People v. Luis R., 924 N.E.2d 990 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009).
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People v. Luis R., 924 N.E.2d 990 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). · cites it 2× “705 ILCS 5/5 — 120 (West 2006). The second sentence provides that, subject to certain exceptions, “no minor who was under 17 years of age at the time of the alleged offense may be prosecuted under the criminal laws of this State.”
People Ex Rel. Devine v. Stralka, 877 N.E.2d 416 (Ill. 2007). “705 ILCS 5/5 — 915(1), (2) (West 2004). Under the first subsection, a person can expunge his records if he has reached 17 years of age or all juvenile proceedings related to that person have been terminated, whichever comes later, but only in the following circumstances: (1) no…”
People v. C.J., 764 N.E.2d 1153 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “See 705 ILCS 5/5 — 405(3), 5 — 415(1) (West 1998).”
People v. Stralka (Ill. 2007). “705 ILCS 5/5–915(1), (2) (West 2004). Under the first subsection, a person can expunge his records if he has reached 17 years of age or all juvenile proceedings related to that person have been terminated, whichever comes later, but only in the following circumstances: (1) no…”
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