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PEOPLE v. LEWIS

No. 46079.

57 Ill.2d 232 (1974)

311 N.E.2d 685

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JAMES E. LEWIS, Appellee. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. BILL FLIPPO, Appellee. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. RUSSELL WEATHERS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and David De Doncker, State's Attorney, of Rock Island (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and F. Stewart Merdian and William G. Schick, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Bruce Stratton, of Illinois Defender Project, of Ottawa (James Geis, Assistant District Defender, of counsel), for appellees.

Judgments affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

These three cases are from the circuit court of Rock Island County. All concern a common problem, whether the defense must be given the name and address of the informer involved in the narcotics sales under consideration. The appellate court (one judge dissenting) reversed all convictions for failure to disclose the identity of the informers. We granted a consolidated petition for leave...

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