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PEOPLE v. FRANKLIN

No. 51055.

75 Ill.2d 173 (1979)

387 N.E.2d 685

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Michael M. Mihm, State's Attorney, of Peoria (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and William M. Wippold, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and James E. Hinterlong, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli and Gary R. Garretson, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, William Franklin, was found guilty of theft by deception in a Peoria County jury trial and sentenced to a term of 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years' imprisonment. The appellate court reversed the judgment and remanded the cause for a new trial on the grounds that defendant was denied his right to effective assistance of counsel because the court-appointed assistant public defender...

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