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720 ILCS 5/32-5.1 (2026)

(Repealed)

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(720 ILCS 5/32-5.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 32-5.1)
    Sec. 32-5.1. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 94-730, eff. 4-17-06. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2022 · leading case: People v. Thoennes (Ill. App. Ct. 2002).
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People v. Thoennes (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 6× “On appeal, defendant argues the false personation of a peace officer is unconstitutional as it is violative of substan­tive due process and overbroad. We affirm. I. BACKGROUND In January 2000, a grand jury returned an indictment against defendant, along with his cousin, Robert…”
People v. Griffin, 2022 IL App (1st) 192595-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “The appellate court in Thoennes first identified the statute’s legitimate purpose as the protection of the “public from being deceived into believing an individual who represents himself to be a peace officer has the authority to act in an official capacity when no such…”
People v. George (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “Defendant filed a posttrial motion. After a May 2000 hearing, the trial court denied defendant's motion and sentenced him to 16 years' imprisonment for aggravated kidnaping, 6 years for child abduction, 6 years for false personation of a peace officer, and 6 years for…”
People v. Marin (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “1 of the Criminal Code, stating "[a] person who knowingly and falsely represents himself to be a peace officer *** commits a Class 4 felony" (720 ILCS 5/32-5.1 (West 1998)), was constitutional despite its lack of criminal intent.”
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