People v. Johnson

Upon the motion of the defendant-appellee, Steven Johnson, hereafter the defendant, the circuit court of Ogle County, the Honorable Alan W. Cargerman presiding, dismissed information 77 — CF—21 charging the defendant with the crime of theft of property exceeding *150 in value on the grounds that the information was barred by the double jeopardy provisions of both the United States and Illinois constitutions (U.S. Const., amend. V; Ill. Const. 1970, art. I, §10), the Illinois statutory prohibition against double jeopardy (section 3 — 4 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38,…