PEOPLE v. LEWIS

No. 79-273.

80 Ill. App.3d 807 (1980)

400 N.E.2d 454

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIE B. LEWIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed January 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Clyde L. Kuehn, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KASSERMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Willie B. Lewis, was convicted of burglary by a jury in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of seven years. Defendant's sole contention on appeal is that he was denied a fair post-trial motion and sentencing hearing where he was represented by counsel whom defendant characterized in motions before the court as incompetent during...

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