PEOPLE v. GUTTENDORF

No. 3-99-0230.

723 N.E.2d 838 (2000)

309 Ill. App.3d 1044

243 Ill.Dec. 535

PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert W. GUTTENDORF, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

January 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carrie B. Marche (argued), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Robert Guttendorf.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Michael Kick, State's Attorney, Kankakee, John Wood (argued), State Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.


Justice LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this case is whether defendant's closed circuit television appearance at his guilty plea hearing violates his right to be physically present under the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const.1970, art. I, § 8), the United States Constitution (U.S. Const., amend. VI, XIV) and Illinois Supreme Court Rule 402 (177 Ill.2d R. 402). Because we find that it does, we...

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