PEOPLE v. DOBBS

No. 2-03-0718.

819 N.E.2d 795 (2004)

353 Ill. App.3d 817

289 Ill.Dec. 299

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leo DOBBS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender and Thomas A. Lilien (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender Elgin, for Leo Dobbs.

Joseph E. Birkett, DuPage County State's Attorney, Wheaton, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Cynthia N. Schneider, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.


Justice HUTCHINSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant, Leo Dobbs, was convicted of residential burglary (720 ILCS 5/19-3 (West 2002)) and sentenced to 64 months' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that (1) the trial court erred when it relied upon matters not in evidence in reaching its verdict; (2) he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial; and (3) the trial court lacked authority to impose a fine for...

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