PEOPLE v. WHEELER

No. 2-90-0390.

590 N.E.2d 552 (1992)

226 Ill. App.3d 1092

168 Ill.Dec. 915

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Minnie WHEELER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

April 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, David W. Devinger, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, Morelli & Cook, for Minnie Wheeler.

Gary V. Johnson, Kane County State's Atty., William L. Browers, Deputy Director, State's Attys., Appellate Prosecutor, John X. Breslin, Deputy Dir., State's Atty. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Donald B. MacKay, Downers Grove, Mary Beth Burns, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.


Presiding Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, Minnie Wheeler, defendant, was found guilty of 10 counts of forgery. She was sentenced to 30 months' probation and ordered to pay a $1,500 fine. On appeal, she argues that the trial court erred by (1) denying her motion to suppress certain statements taken from her subsequent to an alleged violation of her constitutional right to counsel; and (2) improperly shifting the burden of...

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