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PEOPLE v. CHRISTENSEN

No. 4-82-0248.

113 Ill. App.3d 938 (1983)

448 N.E.2d 222

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DOUGLAS CHRISTENSEN, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed April 6, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Biderman and David E. Mannchen, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Springfield, for the People.

Daniel D. Yuhas and Jonathan Haile, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was brought to Illinois from a Federal prison in Texas, where he was serving a 12-year sentence, to stand trial on a 15-count indictment. Because an important witness had disappeared in the meantime, however, the State nol-prossed the indictment and returned the defendant to Federal custody. When the witness was found, the State obtained a new indictment charging the same...

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