PEOPLE v. PLACEK

No. 84685.

704 N.E.2d 393 (1998)

184 Ill.2d 370

235 Ill.Dec. 44

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Johnson, William Ransom, Chicago, for James Placek.

Richard A. Devine, State's Atty. Cook County, Crim. Div., Chicago, Jim Ryan, Atty. Gen., Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, Nancy Faullis, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, for People.


Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James Placek, was the focus of an undercover police investigation that targeted auto theft crimes. Approximately two years after the investigation began, the police shifted the focus of the undercover investigation from stolen auto parts to illegal drug transactions. An undercover police officer informed defendant that the officer's "boss" needed a cocaine supplier. Six weeks later, defendant sold cocaine...

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