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PEOPLE v. DOUGLAS

No. 78-107.

73 Ill. App.3d 520 (1979)

392 N.E.2d 75

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JACK C. DOUGLAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed June 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Reid and E. William Hutton, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

William A. Schuwerk, Jr., State's Attorney, of Chester (Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., and Ann E. Singleton, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KUNCE delivered the opinion of the court:

On February 8, 1978, the defendant failed to appear for his scheduled jury trial on three traffic offenses. That same day, the trial court issued a warrant for the defendant's arrest and ordered that his bail be forfeited; the defendant was arrested a few hours after issuance of the warrant.

Two weeks later, a hearing was held...

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