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725 ILCS 5/102-15 (2026)

"Offense"

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(725 ILCS 5/102-15) (from Ch. 38, par. 102-15)
    Sec. 102-15. "Offense".
    "Offense" means a violation of any penal statute of this State.
(Source: P.A. 76-1796.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 2004–2013 · leading case: City of Champaign v. Torres, 824 N.E.2d 624 (Ill. 2005).
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City of Champaign v. Torres, 824 N.E.2d 624 (Ill. 2005). “Municipal ordinance *631 violations do not fall within the definition of an "offense" under either the Criminal Code of 1961 (see 720 ILCS 5/2-12 (West 2002)) or the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5/102-15 (West 2002)), and because violation of the ordinance at…”
Poris v. Lake Holiday Prop. Owners Ass'n, 2013 IL 113907 (Ill. 2013). “’ ” 2012 IL App (3d) 110131, ¶ 26 (quoting 720 ILCS 5/2-12 (West 2008), and 725 ILCS 5/102-15 (West 2008)). A penal statute of this state is a law enacted by the General Assembly that prohibits some act and prescribes a punishment.”
City of Urbana v. Andrew N.B., 813 N.E.2d 132 (Ill. 2004). “l not, except in cases in which the penalty is by fine only, be permitted to enter a plea of guilty * * * unless he is represented by counsel in open court")) and section 113-5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (see 725 ILCS 5/113-5 (West 2002) ("No person under the age of 18…”
People v. Fitzpatrick, 2013 IL 113449 (Ill. 2013). “” 725 ILCS 5/102-15 (West 2010); see also People v.”
People v. Neal, 954 N.E.2d 358 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “The evidence here was to the effect that defendant solicited the sale of heroin, an illegal narcotic, on a public way in Chicago.”
Poris v. Lake Holiday Prop. Owners Ass'n, 2012 IL App (3d) 110131 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “” 720 ILCS 5/2-12 (West 2008); 725 ILCS 5/102-15 (West 2008). A “penal statute of this State” is a law enacted by the General Assembly that prohibits some act and prescribes a punishment.”
Poris v. Lake Holiday Prop. Owners Ass'n, 965 N.E.2d 464 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “" 720 ILCS 5/2-12 (West 2008); 725 ILCS 5/102-15 (West 2008). A "penal statute of this State" is a law enacted by the General Assembly that prohibits some act and prescribes a punishment.”
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