Illinois Compiled Statutes
725 ILCS 225/2 (2026)
Fugitives from justice: duty of Governor
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(725 ILCS 225/2)
(from Ch. 60, par. 19)
Sec. 2.
Fugitives
from justice: duty of Governor.
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the provisions of the
Constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of
Congress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the Governor of
this State to have arrested and delivered up to the Executive Authority of
any other state of the United States any person charged in that State with
treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in
this State.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 1982.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1998–1998 · leading case: Cohen v. Sheahan, 700 N.E.2d 1122 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. 1998).
Cohen v. Sheahan, 700 N.E.2d 1122 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. 1998). “Furthermore, section 2 defines “fugitive” as “any person charged in that State with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this State.”
Cohen v. Sheahan, No. 1-97-1750 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. Sept. 30, 1998). “3d 38, 45 (1987). Furthermore, section 2 defines "fugitive" as "any person charged in that State with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this State.”
Cohen v. Sheahan, No. 1-97-1750 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. July 14, 1998). “3d 38, 45 (1987). Furthermore, section 2 defines "fugitive" as "any person charged in that State with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this State.”
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