People v. Laugharn

Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Thomas, Kilbride, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

Petitioner, Mildred Laugharn, petitioned for post-judgment relief pursuant to section 2 — 1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2 — 1401 (West 2004)) in the circuit court of Morgan County. The circuit court, sua sponte, dismissed her petition because it was untimely, and a divided panel of the appellate court affirmed. No. 4 — 04—0846 (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23) {Laugharn I). In exercise of our supervisory authority, we vacated the…