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PEOPLE v. LEEPER

No. 5-99-0260.

740 N.E.2d 32 (2000)

317 Ill. App.3d 475

251 Ill.Dec. 202

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald LEEPER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

November 17, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Edwin J. Anderson, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mount Vernon, for Appellant.

Darrell Williamson, State's Attorney, Chester; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Kendra S. Peterson, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mount Vernon, for Appellee.

Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Three questions are presented in this appeal: two constitutional issues and one statutory. The constitutional issues involve (1) a request for self-representation and (2) a claim of the ineffective assistance of counsel. The statutory issue involves both section 5-8-7(b) of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/5-8-7(b) (West 1992)) (the credit-against-sentence provision) and section 5-8-4(e)(4) of the Unified...

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