People Ex Rel. York v. Downen

Respondent Alan Downen, State’s Attorney of Hamilton County, appeals from an order of the circuit court of that county enjoining him from conducting a grand jury investigation into alleged election irregularities occurring in connection with the general election held November 2, 1982. That order also appointed the Attorney General of the State of Illinois as a special prosecutor for the purposes of conducting such an investigation. The respondent’s assignments of error are that (1) the trial court erred in denying his motion for a change of venue as a matter of right, (2) the petition and the…