MORROW v. DIXON

No. 61508.

108 Ill.2d 223 (1985)

483 N.E.2d 876

ROBERT MORROW, State's Attorney, Plaintiff, v. PATRICK J. DIXON, Judge, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Morrow, State's Attorney, of Geneva, pro se, and Phyllis J. Perko and Cynthia N. Schneider, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Elgin, for plaintiff.

G. Joseph Weller, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Elgin, for defendant Leon Robert Norks.


Writ awarded; jurisdiction retained.

JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

We allowed the motion of Robert Morrow, State's Attorney of Kane County (hereinafter petitioner), for leave to file a complaint seeking mandamus (87 Ill.2d R. 381) or, alternatively, a supervisory order (94 Ill.2d R. 383) directed to Patrick J. Dixon (hereafter respondent), judge of the circuit court of the Sixteenth...

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