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PEOPLE v. BATES

No. 75-101.

39 Ill. App.3d 259 (1976)

350 N.E.2d 44

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RANDALL ANTHONY BATES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District (1st Division).

Rehearing denied July 16, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Steven Beckett, of Reno, O'Byrne & Kepley, of Champaign, for appellant.

Philip G. Reinhard, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Edward N. Morris, Martin P. Moltz, and Christine Drucker, all of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Judgments reversed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GUILD delivered the opinion of the court:

In a six-count information, the defendant, Randall Anthony Bates, was charged with the offense of obscenity (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 11-20). The gravamen of each count was that on December 29, 1973, the defendant had made available for viewing by the general public a certain obscene film in Rockford, Illinois. Upon return of the jury's verdict of guilty on each count...

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