People v. Weber

PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals an order of the trial court that dismissed two indictments of defendant charging official misconduct in violation of section 33 — 3(c) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 33 — 3(c)). At the time the indictments were returned, the defendant was the State’s Attorney of Madison County. The indictments were returned by a special grand jury that had been convened upon the petition of a special prosecutor who had been appointed to conduct an investigation of defendant. We affirm.

Section 33 —…