PEOPLE v. MENG

No. 76-106.

369 N.E.2d 549 (1977)

54 Ill. App.3d 357

12 Ill.Dec. 52

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James MENG, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph E. Schum, Belleville, for defendant-appellant.

Clyde L. Kuehn, State's Atty., Belleville, for plaintiff-appellee; Bruce D. Irish, Principal Atty., Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., Staff Atty., Ill. State's Attys. Assn., Prosecutors' Appellate Service, Mount Vernon, of counsel.


EBERSPACHER, Justice.

Defendant, James Meng, brings this appeal from the judgment entered by the circuit court of St. Clair County on a jury verdict finding him and a co-defendant, Bill Aitken, guilty of the burglary of the residence of Eleanor Smoot.

Defendant and Aitken had been jointly indicted and tried for the offense and were each represented at trial by a separate assistant public defender. Prior to the selection of the jury, the assistant public defender...

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