PEOPLE v. PURSLEY

No. 2-21-0558.

222 N.E.3d 894 (2022)

2022 IL App (2d) 210558

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patrick Anthony PURSLEY, Defendant-Appellee, (Sam Pobjecky, John Genens, Mark Schmidt, Ron Gallardo, Jeff Houde, Greg Hanson, Jim Bowman, Bruce Scott, Stephen Pirages, Estate of Howard Forrester, Estate of Gary Reffett, and Estate of David Ekedahl, Third-Party Intervenors-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Filed December 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Hanley , State's Attorney, ( Scott P. Robinson , and Lucas Brainerd , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Joel M. Huotari , and James P. Devine , of Williams McCarthy LLP, and Robert C. Pottinger , and Jody Beilke , of Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, LLP, all of Rockford, and Joshua G. Vincent , Kimberly A. Jansen , and Michael Iasparro , of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, of Chicago, for appellants.

Roshna Bala Keen , Rachel Brady , and Lindsay Hagy , of Loevy & Loevy, of Chicago, for appellee.


OPINION

¶ 1 The State appeals the trial court's order granting Patrick Pursley's petition for a certificate of innocence under section 2-702 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2-702 (West 2018)). The State...

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