PEOPLE v. HOUSE

No. 1-05-1923.

878 N.E.2d 1171 (2007)

377 Ill. App.3d 9

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James HOUSE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Jessica A. Hunter, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, James E. Fitzgerald, Kathleen Warnick, Rimas F. Cernius, Assistant State's Attorneys, Chicago, for Appellee.


Justice THEIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, James House, was convicted of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 2000)) and sentenced to 75 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the trial court abused its discretion when it disqualified defendant's privately retained counsel, Mike Fulton, because a potential conflict presented by the fact that he...

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