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PEOPLE v. RHODE

Nos. 2-90-0982, 2-90-0983.

580 N.E.2d 612 (1991)

219 Ill. App.3d 1079

162 Ill.Dec. 649

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff, v. Thomas O. RHODE, Defendant-Appellee The County of Stephenson, Petitioner-Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff, v. Cornelius TOWNSEN, Defendant-Appellee The County of Stephenson, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

October 10, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Hartman, Stephenson County State's Atty., Freeport, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Cynthia N. Schneider, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for County of Stephenson.

Howard Prestwich, Freeport, for Thomas Rhode.

Justice McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

The County of Stephenson (County) appeals from two orders of the circuit court in separate causes which granted the motions of defendants, Thomas O. Rhode and Cornelius Townsen, to appoint a private investigator to interview witnesses for their respective defenses. The County raises two issues on appeal: whether the trial court erred in appointing an investigator for two indigent defendants when their need for an...

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