Court Opinion

ID: 9712333
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:51:45.294766+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:11.586484
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PRESIDING JUSTICE KASSERMAN, dissenting: I respectfully dissent. The majority concludes that defendant should be granted credit against the court imposed fine of $20 payable to the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund, based on the fact that defendant was incarcerated for more than four days prior to the trial. I am unable to agree. This court recently ruled that an accused is not entitled to credit against such fine for days spent in custody where that fine is payable to the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund. People v. Williams (1986), 142 Ill. App. 3d 266, 491 N.E.2d 941. Although I dissented in Williams and hold an opinion contrary to that enunciated by the majority in Williams, and although a contrary result was reached by the court in People v. Smith (1986), 141 Ill. App. 3d 797, 491 N.E.2d 128, it is my conclusion that under the doctrine of stare decisis this court is bound by its decision in Williams. For the foregoing reasons, I would reject defendant’s contention that he is entitled to credit against the fine assessed against him payable to the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund for the time he was incarcerated prior to trial.