ILLINOIS COURT ISSUES OPINION ON THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS V/S LEROY DEVINE III CASE

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 7 -- The Illinois Courts Office issued the following opinion on jan. 8:

1 Held: The court did not abuse its discretion in denying pretrial release.

2. The defendant, Leroy Devine III, appeals from the Will County circuit court granting the State's petition to deny pretrial release.

3. I. BACKGROUND

4. On October 7, 2023, the defendant, Leroy Devine III, was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (UPWF) (Class 2) (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1(a), (e) (West2022)), being an armed habitual criminal (Class X) (id. section 24-1.7(a)(3), (b)), and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 4) (id. section 24-1.6(a)(1), (a)(3)(A-5), (a)(3)(C)). The State filed a verified petition to deny pretrial rele...