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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 4-86-0407.

151 Ill. App.3d 1010 (1987)

503 N.E.2d 1090

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DUANE A. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed January 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Patricia G. Mysza, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Jeffrey K. Davison, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Kenneth R. Boyle and Robert J. Biderman, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE LUND delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in absentia, Williams was convicted of retail theft in excess of $150 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 16A-3) and sentenced to a two-year term of imprisonment. He appeals, asserting (1) the court's failure to timely honor a request for a substitution of Judge Scott rendered void a subsequent order of Judge Scott that he be tried in absentia; (2)...

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