People v. Liebling

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 20, 1975, the circuit court granted the motion of Ben Liebling (defendant) to dismiss certain indictments against him because of the statute of limitations. The State has appealed, Supreme Court Rule 604(a)(1); Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 110A, Rule 604(a)(1).

There are five separate indictments here involved. The People have appealed from the orders of dismissal concerning only these counts:

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These counts of the various indictments all involve two crimes: bribery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 33 —…