People v. Verstat

The State appeals from the judgments of “acquittal” of 11 defendants who were charged separately with various misdemeanor and traffic violations in the court below and whose cases were consolidated on appeal by this court. Since each case involves a similar though not identical procedural history, we briefly set out the relevant facts in the record in each of the 11 cases.

Appeal No. 81 — 919. The defendant, Mary Verstat, was charged by complaint with unlawful sale of alcoholic liquor to a minor (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 43, par. 131). After arraignment, the case was set for trial on…