Legal Opinion
People v. Laugharn
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 15, 2008No. 4-04-0846Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
883 N.E.2d 700 (2008)
The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Mildred L. LAUGHARN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 4-04-0846.
Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.
February 15, 2008.
2Opinion of the Court · SteigmannJustice Steigmann
In August 2004, defendant, Mildred L. Laugharn, filed a petition under section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-1401 (West 2004)), seeking to set aside her November 1996 first-degree-murder conviction (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 1996)). In September 2004, the trial court sua sponte dismissed defendant's petition as untimely filed.
Defendant appealed, arguing only that the trial…
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3Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. BoclairIllinois Supreme Court · 2002
- People v. VincentIllinois Supreme Court · 2007
- Ostendorf v. International Harvester Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1982
- People v. RyburnAppellate Court of Illinois · 2008
- People v. LaugharnIllinois Supreme Court · 2007
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