PEOPLE v. FORSYTHE

No. 79-405.

84 Ill. App.3d 643 (1980)

406 N.E.2d 58

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHN FORSYTHE, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed May 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Paul C. Gridelli, and Cary J. Wintroub, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Sam Adam, of Chicago, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, facing trial on a seven-count controlled substances indictment, served a discovery request on the State asking for the name of any informants involved in the case or, alternatively, that the informants be brought forward in an in-camera proceeding to confirm their existence. As a sanction for refusing to comply with discovery...

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