People v. Trimarco

PRESIDING JUSTICE GROMETER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Joseph Trimarco, appeals from an order denying his motion to dismiss the State’s two-count petition to revoke his probation. Defendant contends that the trial court erred because one charge forming the basis of the petition to revoke was nol-prossed, and, following a jury trial, defendant was acquitted of the other charge. Given the outcome of the jury trial, defendant claims that, at the revocation hearing, double jeopardy precludes the State from essentially prosecuting him again for the same charges. For the reasons…