PEOPLE v. NIKONOWICZ

No. 5-83-0589.

127 Ill. App.3d 738 (1984)

469 N.E.2d 625

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHAEL NIKONOWICZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed September 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy E. Blue and Larry R. Wells, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Don W. Weber, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Debra A. Buchman, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

At issue in this appeal is whether the trial court should have allowed the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea where no verbatim transcript was kept of the plea proceeding and the defendant alleged an invalid waiver of counsel under Supreme Court Rule 401 (87 Ill.2d R. 401).

On July 15, 1983, the defendant, Michael Nikonowicz, came before Judge Thomas Hildebrand on...

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