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720 ILCS 5/2-7 (2026)

"Felony"

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(720 ILCS 5/2-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-7)
    Sec. 2-7. "Felony". "Felony" means an offense for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in a penitentiary for one year or more is provided.
(Source: P.A. 103-51, eff. 1-1-24.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2021–2021 · leading case: People v. McCottry, 2021 IL App (1st) 172504-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021).
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People v. McCottry, 2021 IL App (1st) 172504-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “” 720 ILCS 5/2-7 (West 2018). ¶ 22 Moreover, we reject defendant’s theory that the State was required to disprove circumstances that could have rendered the California offense a misdemeanor or that the State’s failure to do so inappropriately shifted the burden of proof to…”
People v. McWilliams, 2021 IL App (1st) 181309-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “3d 192, 196 (1989) (stating that a trial court’s finding of guilt for burglary “will be sustained if the evidence supports the finding that the defendant intended to commit any felony”); see also 720 ILCS 5/2-7 (West 2016) (defining “Felony” as an offense for which a defendant…”
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