PEOPLE v. SAECHAO

No. 66243.

129 Ill.2d 522 (1989)

544 N.E.2d 745

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. MUANG K. SAECHAO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Marc Bernabei, State's Attorney, of Princeton (Kenneth R. Boyle, John X. Breslin and Gary F. Gnidovec, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Peter A. Carusona, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, and Susan Brody, of Chicago, for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Bureau County, the defendant, Muang K. Saechao, was found guilty of unlawful possession of less than 200 grams of a controlled substance. The trial judge sentenced the defendant to a one-year period of probation and ordered her to pay costs and a fine totaling $3,000...

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