PEOPLE v. FRENCH

No. 2-89-0523.

569 N.E.2d 934 (1991)

210 Ill. App.3d 681

155 Ill.Dec. 457

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Respondent-Appellee, v. Louis FRENCH, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

March 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Beth Katz, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Daniel D. Yuhas, 4th District Appellate Defender, Lawrence J. Essig (argued), Asst. Defender, State Appellate Defenders Office, Springfield, for Louis French.

James E. Ryan, Du Page County State's Atty., William L. Browers, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Robert J. Biderman, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, 4th District, Elliott Turpin, State's Atty. Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.


Justice DUNN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Louis French, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Du Page County dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the trial court erred by denying him an evidentiary hearing on various constitutional claims allegedly raised in the petition; (2) the court should have appointed an attorney outside the public defender's office to represent him; and (3) reversal...

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