People v. Ortiz

Docket No. 88833–Agenda 13–September 2000.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EDWIN ORTIZ, Appellant.

Opinion filed May 24, 2001.

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Bureau County, defendant Edwin Ortiz was convicted of drug trafficking (720 ILCS 570/401.1 (West 1994)) and sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment. Defendant appealed, and in December 1995 the appellate court filed with its court clerk a document which purported to reverse defendant’s conviction on the grounds of insufficiency of the evidence. The State’s petition for rehearing was denied, and we denied leave…