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PEOPLE EX REL. SEARS v. ROMITI

No. 44781.

50 Ill.2d 51 (1971)

277 N.E.2d 705

THE PEOPLE ex rel. BARNABAS F. SEARS, Special State's Attorney, Petitioner, v. PHILIP ROMITI, Judge, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 14, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BARNABAS F. SEARS, Special State's Attorney, WAYLAND B. CEDARQUIST, HOWARD T. SAVAGE, ELLIS E. REID and JAMES W. COLLINS, all of Chicago, for petitioners.

GEORGE J. COTSIRILOS, LEONARD R. HARTENFELD, CAMILLO VOLINI, THOMAS P. SULLIVAN, JOHN P. COGHLAN and WILLIAM J. MARTIN, all of Chicago, for respondents.

JAMES J. DOHERTY, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Public Defenders' Association.

Writs awarded.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This case again presents questions arising in connection with the special grand jury convened by the circuit court of Cook County to investigate violations of law by persons involved in what has come to be known as the Black Panther raid, which took place in December of 1969. The circumstances under which the grand jury was convened and many of the earlier proceedings are described in...

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