THE PEOPLE v. MONROE

No. 37683.

27 Ill.2d 449 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 350

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LORRAINE MONROE, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

filed March 25, 1963..


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. EUGENE PINCHAM, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and EDWARD J. HLADIS and JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Order reversed.

PER CURIAM:

The appellant, Lorraine Monroe, was found by the criminal court of Cook County to be guilty of criminal contempt of court and sentenced to the county jail until such time as she should comply with the order of the court by answering certain questions asked her before a grand jury.

In October, 1962, a grand jury was investigating the alleged distribution by the All States News Company of obscene literature to the news agencies...

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