People v. Harris

In a criminal appeal, the supreme court considered the question of whether the appellate court had jurisdiction to consider the merits of the State’s appeal from a circuit court order vacating the defendant’s three convictions and granting new trials following the appellate court’s prior remand from proceedings under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. The court held that the trial court’s order was a final order resulting from post-conviction proceedings and, as such, the appellate court had jurisdiction and reversed the appellate court’s judgment to the contrary. (OVERSTREET, HOLDER WHITE, CUNNINGHAM, and ROCHFORD, concurring and O’BRIEN, dissenting. NEVILLE took no part in the decision.)