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PEOPLE v. BUFFALO CONFECTIONERY CO.

No. 51768. No. 51835.

78 Ill.2d 447 (1980)

401 N.E.2d 546

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. BUFFALO CONFECTIONERY COMPANY et al., Appellees. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. LAWRENCE LIEBERMAN et al., Appellees. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ERNEST DUKE McNEIL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Fred Montgomery, and Michael B. Weinstein, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

George J. Cotsirilos and Robert M. Stephenson, of George J. Cotsirilos & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellees Lawrence Lieberman and L & S Foods, Inc.

Joseph V. Roddy, of Chicago, for appellees Buffalo Confectionery Company and Peter Nichols.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Fred Montgomery, and Michael B. Weinstein, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

No appearance for appellee.

No. 51768. No. 51835. Affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded. Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is a consolidation in this court of two cases in which we granted the State's petition for leave to appeal. It concerns the permissible degree of participation by the Attorney General in the prosecution of cases arising out of the revenue statutes of this State. One of these cases also raises the...

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