People v. Crawford Distributing Co.

Here the attorney general directly prosecuted an alleged conspiracy for violation of the Illinois Antitrust Act following his official investigation, all as provided in the Illinois Antitrust Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 60 — 1 et seq.). Defendants’ retained counsel were members of law firms which had one or more appointed and acting assistant Attorneys General. Throughout the proceeding, defendants’ counsel directly confronted the attorney general at every stage.

The principal opinion progresses remarkably from a conclusion that we need not determine whether the record adequately…