PEOPLE v. HEINZMANN

No. 5-90-0696.

597 N.E.2d 942 (1992)

232 Ill. App.3d 557

173 Ill.Dec. 968

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lyndell HEINZMANN and Terry Potter, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

August 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Sheafor, State's Atty., Vandalia, Kenneth R. Boyle, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Diane L. Campbell, Staff Atty., Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Edwin J. Anderson, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for defendants-appellees.


Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from the dismissal of charges against codefendants Lyndell Heinzmann and Terry Potter by the circuit court of Fayette County as sanction for the failure to disclose in discovery a written statement of one of the State's witnesses (see 134 Ill.2d R. 415). We affirm.

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