People v. Savaiano

Defendant-appellant, Pat Savaiano, was found guilty of violating the Corrupt Practices Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 102, pars. 3 and 4). The circuit court of Du Page County entered judgment on a jury verdict and sentenced appellant to two years’ probation and imposed a fine of $1,000. The first 90 days of appellant’s sentence was to be spent incarcerated in the county jail. The appellate court affirmed the conviction, holding that appellant’s conduct “was within the spirit and letter of the prohibitory language in section 3” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 102, par. 3). (People v. Savaiano, 31…