People v. Edwards

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from the trial court’s “acquittal” of defendant, Ellen Edwards, and seeks to invoke appellate jurisdiction to review that disposition under Supreme Court Rule 604(a)(1) (111. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 110A, par. 604(a)(1)), which permits the State to appeal orders of dismissal. The State alleges that the substantive effect of the trial court’s action was to improperly dismiss the charge against defendant rather than to acquit.

The information filed by the State on October 24,1979, in the instant case named three…