People v. Golden

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

OPINION

The State appeals the decision of the appellate court affirming the circuit court of Lake County’s order denying postconviction petitioners Edward Golden and Sandra Haissig leave to file late notices of appeal, but remanding the cause and authorizing the petitioners to file successive petitions. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the appellate court’s judgment and remand for further proceedings.

BACKGROUND

Sandra Haissig, an engineer manager for Abbott Laboratories…