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PEOPLE EX REL. YORK v. DOWNEN

No. 83-295.

119 Ill. App.3d 29 (1983)

456 N.E.2d 286

THE PEOPLE ex rel. MICHAEL RAY YORK et al., Petitioners-Appellees v. ALAN C. DOWNEN, Hamilton County State's Attorney, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied December 5, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan C. Downen, State's Attorney, of McLeansboro, for appellant, pro se.

Charles M. Given, of Mt. Vernon, for appellees.

Order reversed.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent Alan Downen, State's Attorney of Hamilton County, appeals from an order of the circuit court of that county enjoining him from conducting a grand jury investigation into alleged election irregularities occurring in connection with the general election held November 2, 1982. That order also appointed the Attorney General of the State of Illinois as a special prosecutor for the purposes...

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