IN RE SEPTEMBER 1981 GRAND JURY

No. 17676.

104 Ill. App.3d 94 (1982)

432 N.E.2d 625

In re SEPTEMBER 1981 GRAND JURY. — (THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. ROBERT L. COHN, Respondent-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed February 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Weiner, of Springfield (John S. Weiner, of counsel), for appellant.

J. William Roberts, State's Attorney, of Springfield (Stuart H. Shiffman, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE WEBBER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal presents an enigmatic question: to what extent may one who is a suspect only in a homicide case be required to provide the State with blood and hair samples prior to being charged with the offense?

On September 6, 1981, at about 11:45 p.m., the body of Jean Cohn, estranged wife of Robert Cohn, the appellant, was discovered in her automobile about 3 1/2 blocks from...

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