People v. Silverstein

The People appealed from the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County entered upon allowance of defendants’ motion to dismiss six criminal complaints against each of the defendants, Sidney Silverstein and Enoch Silverstein, charging them with failure to file use tax returns (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 120, par. 439.14) and with filing fraudulent retailers’ occupation tax returns (par. 452). The appellate court affirmed (19 Ill. App. 3d 826), and we allowed the People’s petition for leave to appeal.

In their motion to dismiss defendants alleged, in pertinent part, that “Prosecution personnel…