Court Opinion

ID: 9710592
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:12:42.294113+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:58.210916
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE HEIPLE, specially concurring: While I agree with the majority’s analysis on the merits, I write separately because, procedurally, this case is moot. This court has the power to grant a habeas corpus petitioner only one remedy — discharge from custody. 735 ILCS 5/10 — 124 (West 1996). Because the petitioner here has already been released, the opinion of the court today is purely advisory in nature. Moreover, given that the majority opinion does not alter or add to the law as already articulated by the Illinois courts (see, e.g., Faheem-El v. Klincar, 123 Ill. 2d 291 (1988); Newsome v. Hughes, 131 Ill. App. 3d 872 (1985)), no public interest is served by addressing the merits of the petition. Consequently, the petition for writ of habeas corpus should be denied as moot.