PEOPLE v. ROGERS

No. 2-86-0888.

160 Ill. App.3d 639 (1987)

513 N.E.2d 1152

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WAYNE ROGERS, Defendant (Jack P. Rimland, Contemnor-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed September 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick Halprin, of Stamos, Rimland, Halprin & Clark, of Chicago, for appellant.

Fred L. Foreman, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (William L. Browers and David A. Bernhard, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment reversed.

JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

Contemnor, Jack P. Rimland, was defense counsel for Wayne Rogers, who was convicted of murder and armed robbery after a trial by jury. At the conclusion of the trial on June 20, 1986, the prosecutor orally requested that sanctions be imposed against defense counsel for making "talking objections," making "a personal attack upon the prosecutors," and for violating the court's order in limine...

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