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PEOPLE v. BASTIEN

No. 67393.

129 Ill.2d 64 (1989)

541 N.E.2d 670

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Petitioner, v. HON. ROBERT BASTIEN, Judge of the Circuit Court of the 20th Judicial Circuit, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Gene Gross, State's Attorney, of Pinckneyville (Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitor General, and Terence M. Madsen and Nathan P. Maddox, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Richard E. White, Chartered, of Murphysboro, for respondent Hon. Robert Bastien.

Supervisory order denied.

JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

At issue in this case, which is before us on the State's motion for a supervisory order, is the constitutionality of section 106A-2 of the Illinois Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 106A-2). Section 106A-2 provides that in a child sexual abuse case, the trial court may order that the child's "oral statement or testimony" be recorded on videotape...

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