Legal Opinion
People v. French
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 4, 1965No. Gen. 65-28PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Davis
This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of DuPage County, finding William V. Hopf, the State’s Attorney for the county, in contempt of court for his wilful refusal to comply with an order of the court to produce, for the defendant, the grand jury transcript of the testimony of police sergeant, Harold Walthers, one of the witnesses. The State’s Attorney was fined $50.
The contempt order arose in the case of The People v. Louis French. The grand jury returned an indictment for armed robbery against French. Prior to trial, the defendant moved for the production of the testimony of…
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