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PEOPLE v. HOCKADAY

No. 55873.

93 Ill.2d 279 (1982)

443 N.E.2d 566

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM HOCKADAY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 17, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and James T. Teros, State's Attorney, of Rock Island (Marcia L. Friedl and Kenneth A. Fedinets, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and John X. Breslin and Terry A. Mertel, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Frank W. Ralph, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue here is the sufficiency of an information charging the defendant, William Hockaday, with the offense of forgery by delivery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 17-3(a)(2)). The challenged portion of the information reads:

"BILLY BOB HOCKADAY * * * committed the offense of FORGERY, in that the...

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