PEOPLE v. RUDI

No. 58470.

103 Ill.2d 216 (1984)

469 N.E.2d 580

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RICHARD RUDI, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Culver, of Hoffman Estates, and Frederick F. Cohn, of Chicago, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and J. Michael Fitzsimmons, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (Mark L. Rotert and Marcia L. Friedl, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Phyllis J. Perko and William L. Browers, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Elgin), for the People.


Appellate court affirmed; supervisory order entered.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case we must review the circuit court's authority under Illinois law to deny a prosecutor's motion for nolle prosequi. We are also called upon to decide whether the circuit court's actions in this case resulted in jeopardy to the defendant under the State and Federal constitutions, thus barring a new trial for the offenses charged. Ill. Const...

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