PEOPLE EX REL. FINCK v. LOCHER

No. 5-86-0286.

172 Ill. App.3d 706 (1988)

526 N.E.2d 935

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ex rel. FRED FINCK et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. BRUCE D. LOCHER, Special State's Attorney for Madison County, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee (Merle Bassett et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellants; Beverly Delaney, Plaintiff).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed July 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Hollis, of Springfield, for appellant Bruce D. Locher.

No briefs filed for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE WILLIAM A. LEWIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Bruce D. Locher, Special State's Attorney for Madison County, appeals from an order holding him in contempt of court and from a subsequent order reaffirming the contempt holding and sentencing him to two consecutive weekends in jail.

This case has a long history and a unique background most of which is not relevant to the issues raised in this appeal. Judge...

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