Title
Joint resolution authorizing the State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 for a continued participation fee of $55,000.
Staff Summary
* This is a renewal for the continued operation of the State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor Program.
* Through this program the State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor handles Lake County criminal appeals, provides investigative and prosecutorial support in criminal cases, provides comprehensive training programs for prosecutors, and provides monthly case law newsletters, legislative updates, and Uniform Complaint Book supplements.
* The State's Attorney's approved FY 2025 budget includes the $55,000 expense.
* The State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office of the State of Illinois requires a formal resolution for participation in the program.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Office of the State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor was created to provide services to State's Attorneys in counties containing less than 3,000,000 inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, the powers and duties of the Office of the State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor are defined and enumerated in the "State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor's Act," 725 ILCS 210/1 et seq., as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois General Assembly appropriates monies for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Office of the State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor, one-third from the State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor County Fund and two-thirds from the General Revenue Fund, provided that such funding receives county approval and support from within the respective counties eligible to apply; and
WHEREAS, the Office of the State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor shall administer the operation of the appellate offices so as to ensure that all participating State's Attorneys continue to have final authority in preparation, filing, and arguing of all appellate briefs and any trial assistance; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that t...
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