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PEOPLE v. EAGLE BOOKS, INC.

No. 71350.

602 N.E.2d 798 (1992)

151 Ill.2d 235

176 Ill.Dec. 852

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. EAGLE BOOKS, INC., d/b/a Book Mart II, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 15, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan and Roland W. Burris, Attys. Gen., Springfield, and Paul A. Logli, State's Atty., Rockford, (Kenneth R. Boyle, William L. Browers and Marshall M. Stevens, of the Office of State's Atty. Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, of counsel), for the People.

Glenn A. Stanko, Reno, O'Byrne & Kepley, P.C., Champaign, (Daniel J. Cain, of Sreenan & Cain, P.C., of Rockford, of counsel), for appellee.

Justice CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

On May 27, 1987, defendant, Eagle Books, Inc., d/b/a Book Mart II, was charged by criminal complaint with 144 counts of obscenity, a Class A misdemeanor. Each count alleged that defendant, "with knowledge of the nature or content [of the materials] or recklessly failing to exercise reasonable inspection which would have disclosed the nature of the content thereof, provided...

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