Illinois Supreme Court· 2/22/2008

People v. Smith

Citations

885 N.E.2d 1053
228 Ill. 2d 95
319 Ill. Dec. 373
2008 Ill. LEXIS 282

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reviewing courts have an independent duty to consider issues of jurisdiction
the other paramount function is to determine whether we have jurisdiction to entertain the appeal
this court disposed of the case on the basis of a mistake or defect in the notice of appeal which the parties did not address and the appellate court apparently did not find significant
“[T]he ascertainment of its own jurisdiction is one of the two most important tasks of an appellate court panel when beginning the review of a case.”
this court disposed of the case on the basis of a mistake or defect in the notice of appeal which the parties did not address and the appellate court apparently did not find significant

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Judges: Freeman

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