PEOPLE v. BOCLAIR

No. 63132.

119 Ill.2d 368 (1987)

519 N.E.2d 437

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. STANLEY BOCLAIR, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Donald D. Bernardi, State's Attorney, of Pontiac (Roma J. Stewart, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and Scott Graham, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman and Gwendolyn W. Klingler, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Jerold S. Solovy, John H. Mathias, Jr., Barry Sullivan, Joel T. Pelz and Edward J. Lewis, of Chicago (Jenner & Block, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In the case giving rise to this appeal, Stanley Boclair was charged with four counts of murder in the circuit court of Livingston County. While preparing his defense, defendant's court-appointed counsel and investigator interviewed many persons who were listed by the State as potential prosecution witnesses. During the course of pretrial discovery, the State requested discovery of the...

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