PEOPLE v. MADEJ

Nos. 87574, 87725, 87726 and 87852.

739 N.E.2d 423 (2000)

193 Ill.2d 395

250 Ill.Dec. 660

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Gregory MADEJ, Appellant (Consul General for the Republic of Poland in Chicago, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied November 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Smith and Amarjeet S. Bhachu, of Chicago, and Stephen E. Eberhardt, of Tinley Park, for appellant Gregory Madej.

Douglass W. Cassel and Elisabeth R. Duban, of Chicago, for appellant Consul General for the Republic of Poland in Chicago.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard E. Devine, State's Attorney, of Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Arleen C. Anderson, Paul A. Castiglione and William D. Carroll, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

S. Adele Shank and John Quigley, both of Columbus, Ohio, for amicus curiae United Mexican States.

Ali Naseem Bajwa, of London, England, for amicus curiae Human Rights Committee of the Bar of England & Wales.

Walter A. Hess, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chicago.


Justice RATHJE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Gregory Madej, appeals from the decision of the circuit court of Cook County denying his petition for relief from judgment (see 735 ILCS 5/2-1401 (West 1998)) and denying his petition for writ of mandamus (see 735 ILCS 5/14-101 et seq. (West 1998)). Intervenor, Consul General for the Republic of Poland in Chicago, also appeals from the dismissal...

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