PEOPLE v. COLEMAN

No. 77-740.

59 Ill. App.3d 1050 (1978)

376 N.E.2d 277

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICHARD COLEMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed May 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Steve Clark, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger, Michael E. Shabat, and Michael R. Sherwin, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

MISS JUSTICE McGILLICUDDY delivered the opinion of the court:

The court is called upon to determine whether an understanding waiver of the right to trial by jury has been made. This appeal arises following a conviction upon a misdemeanor complaint and under circumstances in which the arraignment, plea, trial, conviction and sentence of the accused took place during a single proceeding held on February 4, 1977. The offense involved is...

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