PEOPLE v. WHEELER

No. 1-08-1370.

927 N.E.2d 829 (2010)

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

March 31, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adrienne River, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

James F. Fitzgerald, Mary L. Boland, Brian W. Reidy, Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, James Wheeler, was convicted of residential burglary by a jury and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. He seeks automatic reversal under the plain error doctrine based on the trial judge's alleged violation of Illinois Supreme Court Rule 431(b) (Official Reports Advance Sheet No. 8 (April 11, 2007), R. 431(b), eff. May 1, 2007) for failing to establish that each prospective juror understood and agreed...

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