PEOPLE v. NEELEY

No. 79-203.

90 Ill. App.3d 76 (1980)

412 N.E.2d 1010

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES NEELEY, JR., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed October 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Reid, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, and E. Joyce Randolph, law student, for appellant.

Clyde L. Kuehn, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Martin N. Ashley and Gillum Ferguson, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KASSERMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James Neeley, Jr., was convicted of the offense of burglary by a jury in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of five years. On appeal defendant challenges the competency of his court-appointed counsel.

Christine Winston testified at defendant's trial that she was at home on September 28, 1978, when she heard an automobile...

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