Legal Opinion

People v. Rodgers

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided August 5, 1981No. 80-742, 80-769 consPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nash

In these consolidated cases, the State appeals from orders of the circuit court of Kane County dismissing certain counts of indictments returned by the grand jury against defendants, Marvin Reed and Frederick E. Rodgers, on the grounds no evidence was presented to the grand jury in support of the charges.

Defendant Marvin Reed was charged by an 11-count indictment with felony theft and conspiracy to commit felony theft of a motor vehicle. He moved to dismiss three of the conspiracy counts in the indictment, contending that no evidence supporting those charges was presented to the grand jury.…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. People v. LawsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Greenberg v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
  5. United States v. Frank CostelloCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. RodgersIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
  2. People v. SchroederAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
  3. People v. PalmerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  4. People v. ReedAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  5. People v. MillerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981

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