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PEOPLE v. LESTER

No. 4-87-0436.

165 Ill. App.3d 1056 (1988)

519 N.E.2d 1127

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES L. LESTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed February 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Jeffrey D. Foust, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

G. Patrick Riley, State's Attorney, of Eureka (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and Gwendolyn W. Klingler, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was tried and convicted in absentia of aggravated battery to a police officer in violation of section 12-4(b)(6) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 12-4(b)(6)) and sentenced to 24 months in the penitentiary. On appeal defendant contends the trial court was without authority to try him in absentia because it failed to orally admonish...

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