PEOPLE v. BLACKMAN

No. 79-562.

91 Ill. App.3d 130 (1980)

414 N.E.2d 246

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHAEL BLACKMAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed December 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene Armentrout, State's Attorney, of Geneva (Phyllis J. Perko, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Mary Robinson, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE VAN DEUSEN delivered the opinion of the court:

The State brings this appeal from an order dismissing a charge of murder against defendant, Michael Blackman. The central issue is whether a trial court may order the State to produce certain witnesses at a preliminary hearing in order to determine their competency and then dismiss the information under section 114-1(a)(9) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Ill. Rev....

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