Legal Opinion · Dissent
People v. Reynolds
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 8, 1995No. 1-95-2583Published
1Dissent
PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN,
dissenting:
The conclusion of the majority finding a lack of jurisdiction under Rule 307(a)(1) (134 Ill. 2d R. 307(a)(1)) rests, in the main, upon the premise that the order from which this appeal is taken is "ministerial and administrative” in nature. I disagree with the premise and dissent from the conclusion.
While the majority supports its rationale by reference to a quote from In re a Minor (1989), 127 Ill. 2d 247, the passage is taken out of context and fails to include two following sentences which are critical to the jurisdictional issue in this case. The…
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