PEOPLE v. JANIS

No. 68964.

139 Ill.2d 300 (1990)

565 N.E.2d 633

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. RONALD A. JANIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and James E. Ryan, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitor General, Terence M. Madsen and William P. Pistorius, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Kenneth R. Boyle and William L. Browers, of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Elgin, of counsel), for the People.

Joseph M. Laraia, of Wheaton, for appellee.


Appellate court judgment vacated; circuit court judgment vacated; cause remanded.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Ronald Janis, was charged in the circuit court of Du Page County with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-103(a)(1)), and with possession of a motor vehicle having a vehicle identification number removed (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-103(a)(4)). Prior to trial...

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