PEOPLE v. JACOBS

No. 70-139.

132 Ill. App.2d 182 (1971)

267 N.E.2d 519

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FILMORE JACOBS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

March 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Zwick, of Defender Project, of Chicago, for appellant.

Dexter A. Knowlton, State's Attorney, of Freeport, for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals from a theft conviction. He claims that, at the time he pleaded guilty, the trial judge failed to properly admonish him of his right to a trial by jury.

The defendant is a 44 year old man who professed himself to be educated. He was brought from the State Farm at Vandalia to be arraigned under...

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