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PEOPLE v. FRENCH

Gen. No. 65-28.

61 Ill. App.2d 439 (1965)

209 N.E.2d 505

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff, v. Louis French, Defendant. People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William V. Hopf, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

August 4, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar J. Elliot, of Wheaton, for defendant-appellant.

Corrigan and Mackay, of Wheaton (Hohn R. Mackay, Special State's Attorney, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of DuPage County, finding William V. Hopf, the State's Attorney for the county, in contempt of court for his wilful refusal to comply with an order of the court to produce, for the defendant, the grand jury transcript of the testimony of police sergeant, Harold Walthers, one of the witnesses. The State's Attorney was fined $50.

The contempt order arose...

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