PEOPLE v. REYNA

No. 3-96-0779.

682 N.E.2d 1191 (1997)

289 Ill. App.3d 835

225 Ill.Dec. 114

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Freddy REYNA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

July 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender (court-appointed), Office of Stae Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Freddy Reyna.

Roy A. Sabuco, Alexander H. Beck, Snyder, Sabuco, Aeschliman & Washburn, P.C., Joliet, John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, James Glasgow, Will County State's Attorney, Joliet, J. Paul Hoffmann, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.


Justice McCUSKEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Freddy Reyna, was tried in absentia. Following a joint jury trial he was convicted of robbery (720 ILCS 5/18—1 (West 1994)) and aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12—4(b)(8) (West 1994)). He was sentenced in absentia to 28 years' imprisonment.

The defendant appeals, arguing: (1) he is entitled to a new trial because his...

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