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PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ

No. 113475.

2013 IL 113475

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ESTEBAN MARTINEZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 28, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Thomas A. Lilien , and Alan D. Goldberg , Deputy Defenders, and Darren E. Miller , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Elgin, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and John A. Barsanti , State's Attorney, of Geneva ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick and Karl R. Triebel , Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Justice Burke dissenting, with opinion.

OPINION

JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 This appeal presents the sole issue of whether the State may appeal from an order of the circuit court of Kane County denying its motion to continue trial and directing a verdict in favor of defendant, Esteban Martinez. The appellate court answered this question in the affirmative. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the appellate court.

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