People v. Drish

The defendant was indicted for the violation of sections 33 — 1 and 33 — 3 of the Illinois Criminal Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, pars. 33 — 1 and 33 — 3). The first of these sections deals with official bribery, and the second deals with official misconduct. The thrust of the indictment was that defendant accepted money with intent to be influenced in his official capacity as a member of the Champaign Planning Commission to vote on the rezoning proposal for a building known as “Century 21.” It is also alleged that he solicited a bribe to bring to a vote in the Planning Commission the…