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PEOPLE v. OUSLEY

No. 107242.

919 N.E.2d 875 (2009)

235 Ill.2d 299

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Tony OUSLEY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied November 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine and Anita Alvarez, State's Attorneys, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg and Joan F. Frazier, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Kenneth W. Goff, Orland Park, and Jason F. Danielian, Homewood, for appellees.

OPINION

Justice THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

At issue in this case is whether the Illinois use immunity statute (725 ILCS 5/106-2.5 (West 2006)) is mandatory or permissive. The State filed a motion in the circuit court of Cook County seeking an order allowing it to grant use immunity to Tyrese Jackson in order to compel his testimony against his codefendants, Tony Ousley and Dariento Atterberry. The trial court denied the State...

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