PEOPLE EX REL. CAREY v. BENTIVENGA

No. 53850.

83 Ill.2d 537 (1981)

416 N.E.2d 259

THE PEOPLE ex rel. BERNARD CAREY, State's Attorney, Petitioner, v. VINCENT BENTIVENGA, Judge, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Adrienne Noble Nacev and Adam N. Stillo, Jr., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Timothy K. McMorrow, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for respondent Siedlecki.


Writ awarded.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This original proceeding for the issuance of a writ of mandamus is brought by the State's Attorney for Cook County (petitioner) to compel Judge Vincent Bentivenga of the circuit court of Cook County (respondent) to expunge an order entered by him in a criminal proceeding. The order granted William Siedlecki (defendant) probation upon being found guilty of burglary by respondent in a...

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