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PEOPLE v. CAIN

No. 4-87-0452.

171 Ill. App.3d 468 (1988)

525 N.E.2d 1194

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LUTHER CAIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed June 30, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Allen H. Andrews, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, and Mark D. Lipton, of Meyer, Capel, Hirschfeld, Muncy, Jahn & Aldeen, of Champaign, for appellant.

Thomas J. Difanis, State's Attorney, of Urbana (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and David E. Mannchen, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

On May 19, 1987, following a jury trial in the circuit court of Champaign County, defendant Luther Cain was convicted of murder but was acquitted of two counts of armed robbery. He was subsequently sentenced to an extended 80-year term of imprisonment. On appeal, defendant maintains (1) he was denied his right to self-representation; (2) the trial court improperly denied his motion...

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