People v. Scharlau

Defendants, Wilbur Scharlau, Ernie A. Cox, Jerome D. Brown, and Raymond T. Randall, were all serving as elected commissioners of Danville during the relevant times involved in this case. Defendant Scharlau, however, was acting mayor during these events because the elected mayor had resigned. Defendant Wendell Wright was corporation counsel of the City of Danville. All defendants were convicted of official misconduct (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 33 — 3(c)) and of violating the prohibition against municipal officials’ having pecuniary interests in contracts involving the governmental…