PEOPLE v. GEEVER

Nos. 64173, 64466 cons.

122 Ill.2d 313 (1988)

522 N.E.2d 1200

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JOHN E. GEEVER et al., Appellees. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. PETER SOTOS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma Jones Stewart, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and David E. Bindi, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Jeffrey B. Fawell, of Fawell & Fawell, of Wheaton, for appellees.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Sharon L. Gaull, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Louis B. Garippo, Thomas A. Moore and Susan G. Feibus, of Louis B. Garippo, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgments reversed; causes remanded.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

On December 12, 1985, the defendants under docket No. 64173, John and Charlene Geever, were charged in an indictment with, inter alia, 12 counts of possession of child pornography in violation of section 11-20.1(a)(2) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 11-20.1(a)(2)). The defendants moved to dismiss the possession counts contending that...

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