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PEOPLE v. WATSON

No. 15756.

85 Ill. App.3d 649 (1980)

406 N.E.2d 1148

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BARBARA WATSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied August 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Joseph Cavanagh, State's Attorney, of Springfield (Gary J. Anderson, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Andrew Raucci, of Kusper & Raucci, Chartered, of Chicago, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

The charge was perjury before the State Board of Elections.

Motion to dismiss was allowed.

We reverse and remand.

Specifically, it was charged that, where by law an oath was required, defendant made a false statement which was material to the issue in question — the notarizing of circulators' petitions which she did not believe to be true....

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