People v. Mena

FIRST DIVISION

December 22, 2003

No. 1-98-1326

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County)

v. ) )

FRANCISCO MENA, ) Honorable) Ralph Reyna,

Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding

This case comes before us on a second remand from our supreme court. That court directed us to vacate and reconsider our initial opinion in this case in light of People v. Swift , 202 Ill. 2d 378 (2002). We vacated People v. Mena , 329 Ill. App. 3d 579 (2002), and followed Swift . Our supreme court subsequently directed us to vacate our second opinion and…