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PEOPLE EX REL. RYAN v. COLES

No. 77-220.

64 Ill. App.3d 807 (1978)

381 N.E.2d 990

THE PEOPLE ex rel. DENNIS P. RYAN, State's Attorney of Lake County, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RONALD R. COLES, Defendant-Appellant. — THE PEOPLE ex rel. JACK HOOGASIAN, State's Attorney of Lake County, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RONALD R. COLES et al., Defendants-Appellants. — THE PEOPLE ex rel. LOWELL R. LLOYD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RONALD R. COLES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed October 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Marlatt, Jr., of Lake Forest, for appellants.

Dennis P. Ryan, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (William J. Blumthal, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellees.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE RECHENMACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal presents the question of whether a public official who has been convicted of extortion in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is eligible to hold the office of township supervisor.

In March of 1976, Ronald R. Coles was convicted of two counts of extortion in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951, in Federal court. At the time of his conviction, Coles was supervisor...

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