PEOPLE v. PRATT

No. 1-06-3524.

908 N.E.2d 137 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alonzo PRATT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied May 28, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Levy, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

James E. Fitzgerald, Marie Q. Czech, Kathleen Warnick, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of first degree murder for the beating death of Charles Swanagan and sentenced to 40 years in prison. On appeal, the defendant contends he was deprived of his constitutional right to counsel by the trial court's denial of his request, on the day of trial, to revoke his pro se status and have counsel appointed. The defendant further claims the trial court's...

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