PEOPLE v. WILMINGTON

No. 1-07-2518.

915 N.E.2d 882 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lamar WILMINGTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

September 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the State Appellate Defender (Michael J. Pelletier, Patricia Unsinn, Aliza R. Kaliski, of counsel), Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Cook County State's Attorney (Anita Alvarez, James E. Fitzgerald, Ashley Romito, Jessica R. Ball, of counsel), Chicago, IL, for Appellee.


Justice GALLAGHER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Lamar Wilmington was convicted of the first degree murder of Guan McWilliams and of concealing that homicidal death. Defendant was sentenced to consecutive terms of 50 years and 5 years in prison, respectively, for those crimes. On appeal, defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial for two reasons: (1) the trial court did not ascertain that defendant consented to his counsel...

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