PEOPLE v. FASSLER

No. 72153.

605 N.E.2d 576 (1992)

153 Ill.2d 49

178 Ill.Dec. 782

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Tom FASSLER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and H. Wesley Wilkins, State's Atty., Jonesboro (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Solicitor Gen., and Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris and Gerry R. Arnold, of the Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for People.

Finch & Karraker, P.C., of Anna, for appellee.


Chief Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

This case requires us to examine alleged irregularities in a grand jury proceeding, including violations of grand jury secrecy and accusations of prosecutorial misconduct.

On September 30, 1988, a Union County grand jury indicted the defendant for aggravated criminal sexual abuse and battery. The charges alleged that the defendant, a school teacher, fondled...

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