PEOPLE EX REL. CAREY v. COLLINS

No. 52889.

81 Ill.2d 118 (1980)

405 N.E.2d 774

THE PEOPLE ex rel. BERNARD CAREY, State's Attorney, Petitioner, v. ROBERT J. COLLINS, Judge, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr and Mary A. Jischke, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Lawrence J. Suffredin, Jr., of the law offices of Raymond F. Simon, of Chicago, for respondent.


Writ awarded.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The petitioner, the People of the State of Illinois, seeks the issuance of a writ of mandamus against the respondents, Robert J. Collins, a judge of the circuit court of Cook County, and Michael Hanrahan, directing respondent Collins to vacate an order entered December 5, 1979, which reduced the sentences that Collins had imposed on Hanrahan...

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