PEOPLE v. SHELTON

No. 1-07-3386.

929 N.E.2d 144 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Linda SHELTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

May 14, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, Alan J. Spellberg, Marie Quinlivan Czech, of counsel, County of Cook, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee The People.

Linda Shelton, Oak Lawn, IL, pro se.


Justice LAVIN delivered the opinion of the court:

To paraphrase Tolstoy, happy litigants are all alike, but every unhappy litigant is unhappy in her own way. Most litigants express displeasure with the legal process in exceedingly civil ways. They might complain in private to their lawyer, vent with their family, or take it out on some unsuspecting store clerk. Some flash occasional signs of anger that might seem unsettling. A few allow their temperament to become...

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