People v. Gutierrez

FIRST DIVISION December 15, 2008 No. 1-05-3633 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County ) v. ) ) ARMANDO GUTIERREZ, ) Honorable ) Lon W. Shultz, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE WOLFSON, delivered the opinion of the court: A jury, in 2002, found defendant, Armando Gutierrez, guilty of murder and attempt murder. The trial court allowed defendant to file a late notice of appeal in November 2005. Under the circumstances of this case, the late notice of appeal gives this court jurisdiction to consider the direct…