Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Postconviction Petitions
Defendant and her husband were arrested and convicted of felonies, after they had reported to Chicago Police Department Office of Professional Standards that corrupt police offers demanded a bribe fro them. Federal authorities later successfully prosecuted some on police force who had induced felony convictions of Defendant and her husband.Section 702 of Code of Civil Procedure, which provides a separate avenue of relief for wrongful convictions, permits circuit court to issue a certificate of innocence to a person sentenced only to probation.(MASON and PUCINSKI, concurring.)