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DuPage State’s Attorney says county prepared for new “Corina’s Law”; one warrant executed successfully
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin told the county Judicial and Public Safety Committee the county assembled stakeholders and tested procedures before the law took effect; officials described a May search-warrant case that was modified twice and executed by the sheriff’s office, with six firearms recovered.
DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin told the Judicial and Public Safety Committee on June 17 that county offices assembled a stakeholder team and stood up procedures ahead of the new law’s effective date, and that those preparations helped when the county handled its first search-warrant matter under the statute.
Berlin said the law was signed by the governor on Feb. 10 and took effect May 11. He said county stakeholders — including judges, the sheriff’s office, police chiefs, Circuit Court Clerk Candace Adams and staff from his office — met several times in March, April and May to prepare forms and procedures. Berlin said the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts was developing forms, but DuPage prepared its own as a fallback.
The law changes how search warrants tied to orders of protection are served: although the sheriff…
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