PEOPLE v. KINION

No. 56490.

97 Ill.2d 322 (1983)

454 N.E.2d 625

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. MARGARET ANN KINION (Braud, Warner, Neppl & Westensee, Ltd., Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and James T. Teros, State's Attorney, of Rock Island, and L. Patrick Power, State's Attorney, of Kankakee (John X. Breslin and Gerry R. Arnold, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Walter D. Braud and John Malvik, of Braud, Warner, Neppl & Westensee, Ltd., of Rock Island, for appellee.


Judgments reversed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant in this case, Margaret Ann Kinion, was convicted in the circuit court of Rock Island County of 63 counts of theft. This appeal concerns the propriety of an award of attorney fees and expert witness fees to Walter Braud, a lawyer who had originally been retained by defendant to represent her for a stated compensation...

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