THE PEOPLE v. CROUCH

No. 37883.

29 Ill.2d 485 (1963)

194 N.E.2d 248

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff in Error, v. JOHN F. CROUCH, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ROBERT J. WAALER, State's Attorney, of Urbana, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and ANDREW STECYK, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

ARTHUR M. LERNER, of Champaign, for defendant in error.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole question presented by the People on this writ of error is the correctness of the order of the Champaign County circuit court quashing a forgery indictment against defendant for failure to identify the person whom defendant intended to defraud.

The indictment charged defendant "committed the offense of FORGERY, in that he, with intent to defraud, knowingly delivered...

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