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PEOPLE v. BICKHAM

No. 54500.

89 Ill.2d 1 (1982)

431 N.E.2d 365

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ARNOLD BICKHAM, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Marcia B. Orr and Iris E. Sholder, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Mitchell, Hall, Jones & Black, of Chicago (Aldus Mitchell, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 26, 1979, the circuit court of Cook County found Dr. Arnold Bickham (respondent) in contempt of court for failure to comply with two subpoenas duces tecum issued by the November 1978 grand jury. The court ordered respondent incarcerated until he purged himself of contempt and then stayed the order pending appeal. The appellate court affirmed, but modified the order, holding...

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