PEOPLE v. AUGUSTUS

No. 73-354.

36 Ill. App.3d 75 (1976)

343 N.E.2d 272

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DENNIS C. AUGUSTUS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed February 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Hurley and John H. Reid, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Michael J. Henshaw, State's Attorney, of Harrisburg (Bruce D. Irish and Robert J. Anderson, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Dennis Augustus, was tried and convicted by a jury of the crime of burglary in the circuit court of Saline County. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, § 19-1.) In his appeal from that conviction the defendant alleges, among other things, that he did not receive the effective assistance of counsel because of a conflict of interest of his attorney.

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