People v. Shlensky

PRESIDING JUSTICE WILSON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial (hereinafter referred to as the original trial), defendant Marvin Shlensky, a pharmacist, was acquitted of the offenses of illegal delivery of controlled substances and unauthorized possession of triplicate prescription blanks. Defendant Lawrence Lerner, a physician, testified at the original trial as a rebuttal witness for the State and also on Shlensky’s behalf. Approximately one year after the acquittal, Shlensky and Lerner were jointly indicted for: (a) perjury (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 32 —…