People v. Frisco

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE McGLOON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was found guilty of the crime of attempted escape after a trial by a jury, and was sentenced to from four to five years in the IHinois State Penitentiary. In this appeal he argues that he was denied due process when the State was allowed to amend its list of witnesses to include three new names on the day of trial, that he was denied his right to a public trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment when the court bailiffs locked the courtroom door whfie the jury was being selected, and that a model of the Cook County Jail…