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IN RE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR

No. 5-87-0071.

164 Ill. App.3d 183 (1987)

517 N.E.2d 682

In re SPECIAL PROSECUTOR (Jerome Gholson, Appellee, v. Alan C. Downen, State's Attorney of Hamilton County, Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed December 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan C. Downen, State's Attorney, of McLeansboro, pro se (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Kim G. Noffke, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for appellant.

Clyde L. Kuehn, of Kuehn & Rhein, of Belleville, for appellee.

Fred Foreman, of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of Waukegan, for amicus curiae Illinois State's Attorneys Association.

Appeal dismissed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Alan C. Downen, State's Attorney of Hamilton County, appeals from orders entered by the Hamilton County circuit court which (1) appointed a special prosecutor to impanel a grand jury to investigate possible violations of the law which may have occurred during the prosecution of Jerome Gholson for solicitation to murder Downen, (2) denied Downen's motion to vacate the order appointing...

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