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VILLAGE OF ELMWOOD PARK v. KEEGAN

No. 59089.

26 Ill. App.3d 925 (1975)

326 N.E.2d 92

THE VILLAGE OF ELMWOOD PARK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EARL R. KEEGAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

March 4, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judge, Hunter & Schirott, of Park Ridge (James R. Schirott and Jay S. Judge, of counsel), for appellant.

John N. Kvistad, of Chicago, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE LEIGHTON delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this appeal is whether a defendant who is ordered by the judge to go out of the courtroom and get an attorney can be tried and convicted during his absence. The facts are not in dispute.

In complaints that alleged violations of two municipal ordinances, Earl R. Keegan was charged with "* * * failure to reduce speed to avoid accident [sic] * * *" and...

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