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PEOPLE v. SKILES

No. 81-610.

115 Ill. App.3d 816 (1983)

450 N.E.2d 1212

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MELANIE K. SKILES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Modified on denial of rehearing July 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli and Peter A. Carusona, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Norman K. Rafferty, State's Attorney, of Hennepin (James E. Fitzgerald, Darrell Panethiere, and Michael B. Weinstein, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Melanie Kay Skiles, was originally charged by information with obstruction of justice. Before trial, an information was filed charging the defendant with murder by accountability under sections 5-1, 5-2, and 9-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, pars. 5-1, 5-2, 9-1). On the first day of trial, the State was allowed to drop the...

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