People v. Green

In a group of consolidated appeals, the Illinois appellate court considered whether the Illinois Driver Licensing Law, which treats judgments entered on bond forfeitures in traffic cases as equivalent to convictions, extends to beyond that Act to the sealing provisions of the Criminal Identification Act. The appellate court held that it did not and affirmed a trial court order denying the defendant’s request to seal records associated with a still-pending prosecution for driving on a suspended license. The court also found that the pending prosecution was not a barrier to expunging the records of three unrelated misdemeanor prosecutions. (ROCHFORD and HOFFMAN, concurring)