People v. Manley

The State’s Attorney of Du Page County was adjudged in contempt of court upon his failure to comply with certain portions of the trial court’s order for pretrial discovery in a felony case. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 110A, par. 412.) 1 He appeals, claiming that the discovery order underlying the contempt is invalid. See People v. Smith (1972), 5 Ill.App.3d 429, 430.

The State’s Attorney contends that the following portions of the pretrial discovery order are invalid:

“4. The State shall immediately cause to be reduced to memoranda any substantially verbatim reports of oral statements of persons…