PEOPLE v. KNOP

Nos. 2-89-0243, 2-89-0244 cons.

199 Ill. App.3d 944 (1990)

557 N.E.2d 970

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BEVERLY J. KNOP, Defendant-Appellee. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EDWARD P. KNOP, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied August 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Val Gunnarsson, State's Attorney, of Mt. Carroll (William L. Browers, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

G. Joseph Weller and Kathleen J. Hamill, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Edward P. Knop and Beverly J. Knop, were charged by complaint in the circuit court of Carroll County with the unlawful promotion of a pyramid sales scheme in violation of section 17-7 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 17-7). Defendants moved to dismiss the charges against them based on...

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