People v. Karabatsos

Offense Charged

Battery. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 12 — 3.

Judgment

After a bench trial, defendant was found guilty and fined $35 plus $10 costs.

Contentions Raised on Appeal

Defendant was denied his constitutional right to counsel.

Defendant was denied his constitutional right to a trial by jury.

The trial court was without jurisdiction to hear charges against the defendant because the defendant was neither arraigned nor permitted to enter a plea.

Defendant was deprived of his right to compel the attendance of witnesses in his own behalf.

Opinion

The record shows that on April 11, 1968,…