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PEOPLE v. PITCHFORD

No. 82-220.

115 Ill. App.3d 164 (1983)

450 N.E.2d 349

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROBERT D. PITCHFORD, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed April 26, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Robert Shuff, State's Attorney, of Mt. Vernon (Michael A. Ficaro, Mark L. Rotert, and Michael Vujovich, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.

Donald E. Irvin, of Mt. Vernon, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Robert D. Pitchford, sheriff of Jefferson County, Illinois, was charged on December 7, 1981, with official misconduct, obstructing justice, solicitation to obstruct justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and obstructing a peace officer. These charges resulted from evidence obtained with an eavesdropping device. On April 12, 1982, the circuit court of Jefferson County granted...

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