PEOPLE v. CASTILE

No. 54477.

87 Ill.2d 73 (1981)

429 N.E.2d 495

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. BILLY JOE CASTILE et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Donald W. Weber, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville, John Baricevic, State's Attorney, of Belleville, and David W. Hauptmann, State's Attorney of Harrisburg (Martin N. Ashley and Gillum Ferguson, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

John H. Reid, Charles M. Leonhard, and Daniel M. Kirwan, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mt. Vernon, for appellee Vernon DeWitt.


Reversed and remanded in People v. Castile, People v. Thomas, and People v. DeWitt; judgments affirmed in People v. Wynne and People v. Haywood.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole issue before us in these five consolidated criminal cases is whether a bail deposit in custody of the clerk of the appellate court can be applied to the satisfaction of costs taxed in the trial court, the authenticity of which is established before...

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