PEOPLE v. PLACEK

No. 1-95-4398.

685 N.E.2d 1002 (1997)

292 Ill. App.3d 521

226 Ill.Dec. 547

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James PLACEK, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

September 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Johnson and Ronald S. Tulin, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Maria D. MacKenzie, Nancy Faulls, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice THEIS delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendant James Placek guilty of delivery of a controlled substance. This was the second time defendant was tried on that charge. Initially, defendant was tried and convicted of delivery of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, and theft. However, the trial court granted defendant's motion for a new trial because defendant demonstrated that the Illinois Supreme...

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