On Appeal

The revestment doctrine, which allows trial courts to be revested with jurisdiction more than 30 days after issuance of a final judgment and without a timely post-judgment motion under extremely limited circumstances, continues to exist. So ruled the Illinois Supreme Court in People v. Bailey, 2014 IL 115459 (opinion filed Feb. 6, 2014). But it overruled a slew of appellate court decisions …

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