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PEOPLE v. BROOKS

No. 76-45.

51 Ill. App.3d 800 (1977)

367 N.E.2d 236

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHARLES E. BROOKS et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed August 16, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellants.

Philip G. Reinhard, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Phyllis J. Perko, of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Judgments reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants were convicted in a bench trial of obstructing justice (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 31-4)1 and were sentenced to three years probation. Their appeal questions whether false statements to police as to the participation of themselves and others in a felony is an obstruction of justice under the statute; if so, whether the indictment...

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