People v. Golden

Defendants, Sandra Haissig and Edward Golden, were convicted of two counts of theft of over $100,000 from their employer, Abbott Laboratories (Abbott) (720 ILCS 5/16 — 1(a)(1)(A), (a)(2)(A) (West 2000)). The issue on appeal is whether the trial court that granted defendants’ postconviction petitions erred in refusing to grant their requests for leave to file late notices of appeal from their convictions to remedy the errors of appellate counsel on their direct appeals. We hold that a trial court has no power to allow a late notice of appeal. We affirm the judgment of the trial court granting…