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PEOPLE v. WOOD

No. 79-263.

91 Ill. App.3d 414 (1980)

414 N.E.2d 759

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIAM H. WOOD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed November 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Reid and John F. Erbes, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Robert F.A. Stocke, State's Attorney, of Louisville (Martin N. Ashley and Christopher S. Carroll, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, William H. Wood, was convicted of arson following a jury trial in the circuit court of Clay County. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. The sole question on appeal is whether he was improperly denied appointed counsel at trial.

Defendant, pro se at trial, presented the testimony of several alibi witnesses that he was playing cards at the time of...

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