People v. Malone

Mr. JUSTICE RECHENMACHER,

specially concurring:

I differ with the reasoning by which the result was reached, i.e., the holding by the majority that the corrupt practices act is not an absolute liability offense.

In my opinion, a consideration of the facts in this case indicates that ^ there was no “contract” entered into here in the sense intended by the statute.

As this court noted in a footnote in a current opinion, Miller v. County of Lake (1979), 71 Ill. App. 3d 478, 483, “We recognize that a • situation may arise where a public official’s interest in a contract, upon which he might be called…