People v. Johnson

2023 IL 127443IN THE
SUPREME COURT
OF
THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
(Docket No. 127443)
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DEMETRIUS JOHNSON,
Appellant.
Opinion filed March 23, 2023.
PER CURIAM
OPINION
¶1 In this case, one Justice of this court has recused herself, and the remaining
members of the court are divided so that it is not possible to secure the
constitutionally required concurrence of four judges for a decision (see Ill. Const.
1970, art. VI, § 3). Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. The effect of this dismissal
is the same as an affirmance by an equally divided court of the decision under
review but is of no precedential value. See Perlman v. First National Bank of
Chicago, 60 Ill. 2d 529, 530 (1975).
¶2 ROCHFORD, J., took no part.