PEOPLE v. MASSARELLA

No. 61346.

80 Ill. App.3d 552 (1979)

400 N.E.2d 436

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BENEDETTO J. MASSARELLA et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied February 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius Lucius Echeles, Frederick F. Cohn, and Carolyn Jaffe, all of Chicago, for appellants.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, both of Chicago (John F. Podliska, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part, and reversed and remanded in part.

Mr. JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 8, 1973, the Cook County grand jury returned a 49-count indictment for conspiracy, perjury, theft, and tax evasion against Benedetto J. Massarella (Massarella); Bee Jay's Truck Stop, Inc. (BJTS), a corporation of which Massarella was president and sole shareholder; Mideast Transport, Inc. (Mideast), a corporation controlled by Massarella; and...

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