PEOPLE v. BAILEY

No. 115459.

4 N.E.3d 474 (2014)

2014 IL 115459

378 Ill. Dec. 591

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Christopher B. BAILEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

February 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Thomas A. Lilien , Deputy Defender, and Jaime L. Montgomery , Assistant Appellate Defender, of Elgin, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, Springfield ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick and Retha Stotts , Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Justice KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 In this appeal, we are presented with an opportunity to clarify the parameters of the revestment doctrine that permits a court to be revested with jurisdiction despite the absence of a timely postjudgment filing. At the core of this dispute is whether a party may satisfy the doctrine's requirement that the subsequent proceeding be inconsistent with the prior judgment simply...

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