PEOPLE v. TILSON

No. 81-379.

108 Ill. App.3d 973 (1982)

439 N.E.2d 1298

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSEPH TILSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed September 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and Manuel Serritos, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Daniel D. Doyle, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Phyllis J. Perko and Nancie S. Hudell, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, the defendant Joseph Tilson was convicted of robbery and sentenced to a five year term of imprisonment. He appeals, contending that he was denied due process of law when the trial judge failed, sua sponte, to hold a hearing to determine his fitness to stand trial and to be sentenced.

• 1, 2 Neither the defendant nor the State made...

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