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PEOPLE v. ROSS

No. 103972.

891 N.E.2d 865 (2008)

229 Ill.2d 255

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Vernon ROSS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 5, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Michael M. Glick, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg, Aisha T. Cornelius and Ashley Romito, assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Rebecca I. Levy, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee.

OPINION

Justice FITZGERALD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

The central issue in this case is what remedy exists for a post-conviction petitioner whose trial attorney failed to file a notice of direct appeal. The State appeals the decision of the appellate court, affirming the circuit court of Cook County's order allowing petitioner Vernon Ross to file a late notice of appeal. No. 1-05-2806 (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23...

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