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PEOPLE v. POWELL

No. 49676.

72 Ill.2d 50 (1978)

377 N.E.2d 803

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. PAUL POWELL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied July 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Donald B. Mackay, Assistant Attorney General, and Lee T. Hettinger, James S. Veldman, and Laurence J. Bolon, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Harry J. Busch, Patrick A. Tuite and Sidney Z. Karasik, of Chicago, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Paul Powell, was convicted of bribery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 33-1(a)) and solicitation (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 8-1) in a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County. He was sentenced to two years' conditional discharge and fined $4,000 on the bribery charge, and two years...

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