People v. Person

── People v. Person ── Court: Appellate Court of Illinois Date: April 23, 2026 Category: General NOTICE 2026 IL App (4th) 251272-U FILED This Order was filed under April 23, 2026 Supreme Court Rule 23 and is NO. 4-25-1272 Carla Bender not precedent except in the 4th District Appellate limited circumstances allowed IN THE APPELLATE COURT Court, IL under Rule 23(e)(1). OF ILLINOIS FOURTH DISTRICT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Circuit Court of v. ) Winnebago County ANTOINE PERSON, ) No. 24CF1726 Defendant-Appellant. ) ) Honorable ) Amy Peterman, ) Jennifer J. Clifford, ) Judges Presiding. JUSTICE GRISCHOW delivered the judgment of the court. Justice Cavanagh concurred in the judgment. Justice Lannerd specially concurred. ORDER ¶1 Held: The appellate court affirmed the trial court’s order denying defendant pretrial release, concluding there was no condition or combination of conditions to mitigate the real and present safety threat defendant posed based on the specific articulable facts of the case. ¶2 Defendant, Antoine Person, appeals the trial court’s order denying his pretrial release pursuant to article 110 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Code) (725 ILCS 5/art. 110 (West 2024)). In accordance with Illinois Supreme Court Rule 604(h)(7) (eff. Apr. 15, 2024), defendant relies upon his motion for relief filed in the trial court as his argument on appeal. In his motion, defendant argues the court erred in denying his pretrial release because the State failed to prove no conditions existed to mitigate the real and present safety threat he posed and new evidence presented at a subsequent detention hearing did not justify his release. We affirm. ¶3 I. BACKGROUND ¶4 A. The Charges and Original Detention Proceedings ¶5 On July 11, 2024, the State filed a two-count complaint against defendant for aggravated domestic battery (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2(a)(1), (b) (West 2024)), a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery (id. § (a)(2), (b)), a Class 4 felony. The charges arose from an incident that occurred between defendant and his girlfriend at the time, Kandise L. Jackson, wherein defendant allegedly punched Jackson in the face several times, severely injuring her and breaking her jaw. On July 12, 2024, the State filed a petition to deny defendant pretrial release, alleging defendant was charged with a detainable offense, the proof was evident and presumption great that defendant committed the offense, and his pretrial release posed an unmitigable real and present threat to the physical safety of any person or persons or the community. See 725 ILCS 5/110-6.1(a)(4) (West 2024)). A detention hearing was held that day before Judge Amy Peterman. ¶6 The State relied upon the factual summary accompanying the charges, which stated the following. On July 11, 2024, Rockford Police Officer Sarah Stinson responded to a call from Jackson, who reported defendant was her ex-boyfriend and he “battered her and broke her jaw on Tuesday and he