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PEOPLE v. GORGA

No. 1-08-1470.

920 N.E.2d 535 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Emilio GORGA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

December 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DePaul University College of Law, of Chicago. Professor Andrea Lyons, Associate Dean for Clinical Programs, of counsel, for Appellant.

Anita Alverez, State's Attorney, of Chicago. James E. Fitzgerald, Peter Fischer and Kathleen Warnick, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel, for Appellee.

Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, the defendant, Emilio Gorga, was found guilty of robbery and sentenced to 8 1/2 years' incarceration. The defendant now appeals and requests that we reverse his conviction and grant him a new trial, contending that the trial court erred 1) when it refused his request to represent himself and 2) when it allowed an ineffective interpreter to participate in the trial proceedings. For the reasons...

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