PEOPLE v. ELLIS

No. 4-98-0797.

722 N.E.2d 254 (1999)

309 Ill. App.3d 443

242 Ill.Dec. 765

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bryan H. ELLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided December 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Arden J. Lang, Asst. Defender (argued), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Bryan Ellis.

Thomas J. Brown, State's Attorney, Pontiac, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Thomas R. Dodegge, Staff Attorney (argued), State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.


Justice McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 15, 1998, the State charged defendant, Bryan Ellis, with criminal sexual abuse, a Class A misdemeanor, in violation of section 12-15(a)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/12-15(a)(1) (West 1998)). The trial court rejected defendant's repeated request for appointed counsel. On August 31, 1998, defendant waived his right to counsel, and the trial court conducted a bench trial and found the defendant...

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