PEOPLE v. DIAZ

No. 83-185.

123 Ill. App.3d 239 (1984)

462 N.E.2d 770

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MIGUEL DIAZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed March 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melinda Power, of West Town Community Law Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat and Garritt E. Howard, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of resisting arrest (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 31-1), acquitted of two battery charges, and sentenced to a one-year term of work release. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the trial court's refusal to ask a question concerning racial bias during the voir dire of prospective jurors violated his sixth amendment right to...

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