People v. Rawls

Following a bench trial defendant, Thinell Rawls, was found guilty of arson and was sentenced to serve not less than 1M years and not more than 4M years in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections.

The defendant filed her notice of appeal on December 16,1976, and the public defender of Cook County was appointed to represent her on appeal. On December 12, 1977, the public defender filed a motion for leave to withdraw as counsel. A brief in support of said motion has been submitted, pursuant to Anders v. California (1967), 386 U.S. 738, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493, 87 S. Ct. 1396, which states…