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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Cunningham finds that the appeals court improperly reversed defendant's convictions, finding his motion for substitution of judge was exempt from being deemed abandoned because the court never ruled on it. Defendant never obtained a ruling on his motion for substitution, and it must be deemed abandoned, otherwise a defendant could knowingly build error into the record by allowing a motion to remain unaddressed. Reversed.
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