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PEOPLE v. WHITE

No. 62926.

116 Ill.2d 171 (1987)

506 N.E.2d 1284

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. MARGARET WHITE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma J. Stewart, Solicitor General, and Jill Wine-Banks, Mark L. Rotert, Nathan P. Maddox, and Judith H. Schlessinger, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.

David B. Johnson, of Sidley & Austin, and Harvey Grossman and Barbara P. O'Toole, all of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

Prior to the November 1984 election for the office of State's Attorney of White County, the defendant, Margaret White, allegedly distributed a leaflet urging voters not to support the incumbent, Thomas Sutton, and to instead write in the name of James R. Conley, Jr. The leaflet stated:

HOW TO WRITE IN A VOTE...

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