PEOPLE v. LaPOINTE

No. 78-563.

85 Ill. App.3d 215 (1980)

407 N.E.2d 196

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PHILLIP E. LaPOINTE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Modified on denial of rehearing July 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Robinson and Mark Schuster, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

J. Michael Fitzsimmons, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (Robert L. Thompson, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed as modified.

Mr. JUSTICE WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Phillip E. LaPointe, was charged by information with the murder of Peter Moreno, Jr., on March 7, 1978. Initially, defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge. He thereafter withdrew his plea of not guilty and, represented by appointed counsel, entered a plea of guilty to the charge; prior to accepting the guilty plea, the court advised the defendant of all of...

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