Full Text of HR1478 94th General Assembly
HR1478 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Associate Judge John Mannion has retired from the | 3 |
| bench after a distinguished judicial career of 22 years; and
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| WHEREAS, John Mannion was born on the South Side of Chicago | 5 |
| in 1936; he was raised in Visitation and St. Sabina parishes | 6 |
| and attended St. Ignatius and Leo high schools; and
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| WHEREAS, He served in the United States Air Force, joining | 8 |
| in 1957; he joined the Chicago Police Department in 1961; he | 9 |
| married in 1963 and together he and his wife raised four | 10 |
| children; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1968 John Mannion received his college degree | 12 |
| from Loyola University in Chicago; in 1974 he received his law | 13 |
| degree from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, attending night | 14 |
| classes while also serving as a police officer; and
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| WHEREAS, John Mannion served 14 years as a Chicago police | 16 |
| officer, including six years as a homicide detective; he and | 17 |
| his partners won the police superintendent's award of valor | 18 |
| after struggling with a robber who had stabbed three people; | 19 |
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| WHEREAS, After receiving his law degree he served first as | 21 |
| a prosecutor for 10 years, then began his 22-year career as an | 22 |
| Associate Judge in the Criminal Division of the Cook County | 23 |
| Circuit Court; and
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| WHEREAS, The South Suburban Association of Chiefs of Police | 25 |
| ranked Judge Mannion second for his positive qualities out of | 26 |
| 41 judges ranked in 1999; another report ranked him third out | 27 |
| of 49 judges in requests for substitution of judges in criminal | 28 |
| cases, all of these requests coming from defense lawyers; and |
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| WHEREAS, Judge Mannion, who came up from the streets, | 2 |
| quotes Shakespeare, and has a phenomenal knowledge of | 3 |
| literature, history, and current events, has earned the respect | 4 |
| and gratitude of the entire community for his unswerving | 5 |
| dedication to the legal system and to his community; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Judge Mannion was honored on his last day in | 7 |
| court, September 19, 2006, when childhood friends and his | 8 |
| former police partner, John Neary, came out of the lockup and | 9 |
| appeared before the bench for his final day in the courtroom; | 10 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 |
| we congratulate Associate Judge John Mannion on his retirement | 14 |
| and express our sincere appreciation for his exemplary service | 15 |
| to the people of Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to Associate Judge John Mannion.
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