People Ex Rel. Elliott v. Covelli

The Attorney General of the State of Illinois, by leave of this court first had, filed his original petition for a writ of mandamus directed to the Hon. Daniel A. Covelli, sitting as judge of the criminal court of Cook County, to compel him, first, to vacate and expunge an order granting a petition to suppress evidence on motion of defendants in People v. Lavin et al., and second, to enter nunc pro tunc as of July 12, 1952, an order of nolle prosequi on petitioner’s motion in that case.

In December of 1951 the grand jury of Cook County returned four indictments against Thomas F. Lavin, Jr.,…