PEOPLE v. JAROSIEWICZ

No. 47237.

63 Ill.2d 301 (1976)

348 N.E.2d 181

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WALTER JAROSIEWICZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Ira Churgin, Ronald P. Alwin, and Lance R. Miner, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel and Jayne A. Carr, Assistant Attorneys General, and Laurence J. Bolon and David A. Novoselsky, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Walter Jarosiewicz, was convicted of aggravated battery in a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County. On July 24, 1974, his appeal was dismissed sua sponte by the Appellate Court for the First District for want of prosecution. Subsequent defense motions in the appellate court to vacate the dismissal and reinstate the appeal were denied. Defendant sought...

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