PEOPLE v. BEFELD

No. 79-505.

90 Ill. App.3d 772 (1980)

413 N.E.2d 550

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellee, v. STEPHEN M. BEFELD, Defendant-Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed December 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli and G. Joseph Weller, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, and John H. Reid and Patricia Morris, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Chicago (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Michael Vujovich, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCOTT delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole issue presented for review is whether the trial court erred in denying a petition for writ of habeas corpus without holding a full evidentiary hearing. The matter is before us on an agreed statement of facts.

On January 21, 1974, petitioner, Stephen M. Befeld, a/k/a Karl Dean Schlobohm, was charged in Peoria County with armed robbery and theft by deception. He...

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