The People v. Capoldi

The defendant, Andrew Capoldi, brings this proceeding to review a 1958 judgment of the criminal, now circuit, court of Cook County finding him to be a sexually dangerous person. The defendant also seeks review of the trial court’s subsequent refusals to” grant his petitions for writ of recovery which were filed in 1959, 1961 and 1963. We have taken with this case a motion of the People to dismiss on the ground that this court is without jurisdiction due to defendant’s failure to perfect an appeal in the time and manner provided by law.

In 1936 the defendant was indicted in the criminal court…