People v. Pawlaczyk

Docket No. 87260–Agenda 39–September 1999.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS et al ., Appellees, v. GEORGE PAWLACZYK et al ., Appellants.

Opinion filed January 21, 2000.

The circuit court of St. Clair County appointed a special prosecutor to investigate whether two officials from the City of Belleville perjured themselves in depositions given in a civil suit entitled Hurst v. Viacom Broadcasting of Missouri, Inc., No. 96–L–103. The perjury allegedly occurred when the officials denied, under oath, that they furnished information concerning a criminal investigation to defendants George Pawlaczyk…