PEOPLE v. DUGAN

No. 72-276.

15 Ill. App.3d 1071 (1973)

305 N.E.2d 308

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BENNIE L. DUGAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

November 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Rice, of Belleville, (James W. Jerz and Edward N. Morris, of Model District State's Attorneys Office, of counsel,) for the People.

Robert E. Farrell, Deputy Defender, of Mount Vernon, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the State from the order of the Circuit Court of St. Clair County dismissing an indictment for murder on the grounds that a previous guilty plea to the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter constituted a bar to any further prosecution on the murder charge even though, on appeal by defendant, the manslaughter conviction was reversed and remanded.

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