People v. Flowers Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing - replaces opinion filed 11/20/03

Docket No. 94721–Agenda 9–September 2003.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ELEANOR FLOWERS, Appellee.

Opinion filed November 20, 2003.–Modified on denial of rehearing January 26, 2004.

The issue in this case is whether a criminal defendant who has pleaded guilty may challenge the validity of her sentence on appeal where she did not file the postjudgment motion required by Supreme Court Rule 604 (145 Ill. 2d R. 604) until after the circuit court’s subject matter jurisdiction had expired. For the reasons that follow, we hold that she may not.

The defendant, Eleanor Flowers, was…