PEOPLE v. ALLEN

No. 99977.

856 N.E.2d 349 (2006)

222 Ill.2d 340

305 Ill.Dec. 544

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Peri ALLEN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, James W. Glasgow, State's Attorney, Joliet (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Linda D. Woloshin, Russell K. Benton, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Norbert J. Goetten, Lawrence M. Bauer and Terry A. Mertel, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Fletcher P. Hamill, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for appellee.

James W. Glasgow, State's Attorney, Joliet (Domenica A., Osterberger, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for amicus curiae Paul J. Kaupas, Will county Sheriff.


Justice KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

After a jury trial in the circuit court of Will County, defendant, Peri Allen, was found guilty of burglary and was sentenced to a four-year term of imprisonment. The appellate court reversed and remanded for a new trial, holding that defendant had "adequately alleged plain error" where the trial court abused its discretion in requiring defendant to wear...

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