People v. Brown

Defendant, Jimmie Lee Brown, was charged in the circuit court of Lake County with the offenses of possession of a stolen vehicle (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 95V2, par. 4 — 103(aXl)) and felony theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 16 — 1(a)(1)). The State appeals pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(aXl) (103 Ill. 2d R. 604(a)(1)) from an order dismissing the charges upon a finding by the trial court that defendant’s constitutional right to due process was denied by the State’s policy of not finding out the names of witnesses and, in particular here, by not finding out the name of an…