PEOPLE EX REL. STAMOS v. JONES

No. 40938.

40 Ill.2d 62 (1968)

237 N.E.2d 495

THE PEOPLE ex rel. John J. Stamos, State's Attorney, Petitioner, v. SIDNEY A. JONES, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN J. STAMOS, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (ELMER C. KISSANE and JAMES S. VELDMAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the State.

STANLEY A. BASS and MELVIN B. GOLDBERG, of Chicago, for respondent.


Writ denied.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This original mandamus action arises from a conflict between the Rules of this court governing admission to bail upon appeal in criminal cases and a legislative enactment dealing with the same subject.

Rule 609(b) provides that upon appeal from a judgment sentencing a defendant to imprisonment, "the defendant may be admitted to bail and the sentence * * * stayed by a judge...

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