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PEOPLE v. PORTER

No. 4-87-0675.

170 Ill. App.3d 835 (1988)

525 N.E.2d 211

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MARY L. PORTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed June 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Gary R. Peterson, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Jeffrey K. Davison, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and Peter C. Drummond, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

On August 20, 1987, the defendant Mary Porter was tried in absentia for the offense of theft with a prior theft conviction. She was found guilty by jury and at a sentencing hearing was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. She filed timely notice of appeal. The issue presented on review is whether the statutory prerequisite to trial in absentia was established where...

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