Ill. Sup. Ct. R. 614
When a judgment of conviction of a person incarcerated in a penal institution is affirmed by the Appellate Court, the clerk of that court shall at once mail to the prisoner a copy of the opinion of the court, certified mail, return receipt requested, in an envelope marked, "OFFICIAL LEGAL MAIL--ADDRESSEE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT IN WRITING." The clerk shall note the date of mailing upon the records of the court.
Ill. Sup. Ct. R. 614
Committee Comments
This is taken from former Rule 27(13), which was adopted by the Supreme Court on January 25, 1966, because of a number of cases in which defendants represented by appointed counsel had not learned of the affirmance of their cases until after the time for filing a petition to the Supreme Court for leave to appeal had expired.
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