People v. Malloy

This is an appeal from an order of the Appellate Court, Fourth District, dismissing an appeal by the State. The State had appealed to that court from the findings of the circuit court of Moultrie County entered in an implied-consent hearing. We have allowed the State’s petition for leave to appeal under our Rule 315 (65 Ill. 2d R. 315) to review the appellate court’s determination that the circuit court’s entry of findings was not a final appealable order.

On December 9, 1977, defendant, Thomas G. Malloy, was arrested in Moultrie County and given a citation for driving while under the…