PEOPLE v. KLEPPER

No. 105719.

917 N.E.2d 381 (2009)

234 Ill.2d 337

334 Ill.Dec. 555

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Walter KLEPPER, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

As Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing September 28, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Eric Weis, State's Attorney, Yorkville (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, Michael M. Glick and Leah Myers Bendik, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Larry Wechter, Geneva, for appellee and cross-appellant.


OPINION

Chief Justice FITZGERALD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

This matter arises out of a conversation that defendant, Walter Klepper, had with a police officer. According to the police officer, defendant falsely told the officer that defendant's neighbor had tried to run him over with a truck. The State charged defendant with felony disorderly conduct (720 ILCS 5/26-1(a)(4) (West 2006)). After a bench trial, the circuit court of Kendall...

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