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PEOPLE v. PRUITT

No. 70-166.

2 Ill. App.3d 434 (1971)

276 N.E.2d 19

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CARL PRUITT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

November 19, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Roger Horsky, of Defender Project, of Elgin, and Frederick F. Cohn, of Chicago, for appellant.

Charles Marshall, State's Attorney, of Sycamore, (James M. Carr, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

Carl Pruitt, the defendant, was indicted for Burglary and Attempt Burglary. Upon a trial before the court, without a jury, defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 1-4 years in the penitentiary.

He urges reversal on the bases that although indigent he was forced to trial and also was sentenced without counsel or a knowing and understanding waiver of his right to counsel...

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