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THE PEOPLE v. NASTASIO

No. 35462.

19 Ill.2d 524 (1960)

168 N.E.2d 728

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOSEPH NASTASIO, alias Anthony Noletti, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 12, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT WEINER, of Springfield, for appellant.

GRENVILLE BEARDSLEY, Attorney General, and J. WALDO ACKERMAN, JR., State's Attorney, both of Springfield, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and JOHN E. HOWARTH, and J. CALVIN BOSTIAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

After hearing many witnesses, the Sangamon County grand jury refused to indict the defendant, Joseph Nastasio, for murder. It did, however, return indictments charging him with various sex offenses. Instead of prosecuting the criminal charges, the State's Attorney filed a petition in the circuit court of Sangamon County under the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (Ill. Rev. Stat....

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