Myers v. Daley

PRESIDING JUSTICE McMORROW

delivered the opinion of the court:

Lowell J. Myers (Myers) filed a complaint requesting that the court order the State’s Attorney of Cook County (State’s Attorney) to advise Myers of the status of the State’s Attorney’s investigation into an incident in which Myers alleged he was the victim of a violent crime. The complaint was made pursuant to the Bill of Rights for Victims and Witnesses of Violent Crime Act (Victim’s Rights Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 1401 et seq.), which mandates that upon request by the victim of a violent crime, the State’s Attorney…