People v. Taylor

PRESIDING JUSTICE MANNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Roderick Taylor, was charged with burglary, and following a bench trial, he was convicted on that charge. The trial court sentenced defendant in absentia to three years’ incarceration in the Illinois Department of Corrections. The assistant public defender filed a notice of appeal at the conclusion of the sentencing hearing; however, the State maintains that this appeal should be dismissed because defendant fled the jurisdiction before his sentencing (People v. Partee (1988), 125 Ill. 2d 24, 37, 530 N.E.2d 460) and has…