PEOPLE v. MIMS

No. 77-1356.

103 Ill. App.3d 673 (1981)

431 N.E.2d 1126

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RUTH MIMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed December 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Fe Fernandez, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Kevin Sweeney, and Richard B. Levy, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial held on July 21, 1977, defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to 14 to 20 years in the penitentiary. The appeal filed by defendant's privately retained counsel was dismissed for want of prosecution on June 28, 1978. Counsel made a motion to withdraw as defendant's attorney on April 24, 1979, which...

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