PEOPLE v. ALLEN

No. 59163.

109 Ill.2d 177 (1985)

486 N.E.2d 873

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. DIANE ALLEN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, and Michael E. Shabat, Joan S. Cherry, David A. Cuomo, and Kevin Sweeney, Assistant State's Attorneys, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Karen A. Popek, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellee.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the unusual problem of an incorrect transcript of proceedings caused by a court reporter's error in transcribing the stenographic notes taken at trial. The defendant, Diane Allen, was charged in the circuit court of Cook County with murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(3)), conspiracy...

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