Legal Opinion
The PEOPLE v. McCasle
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 14, 1966No. 38695PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Underwood
James McCastle and Willie Lee Thaddic were convicted of robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon after a joint bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County. Each defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 3-5 years. This review sought by McCastle alone is principally concerned with the argument that the trial court committed reversible error in failing, sua sponte, to appoint separate counsel to represent him during the trial. Both McCastle and Thaddic were represented by the same court-appointed public defender.
Warner Foster, a taxicab driver for the Abernathy Cab Company,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- The People v. HartgravesIllinois Supreme Court · 1964
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3Cited by60 opinions
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- The People v. AughinbaughIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
- The PEOPLE v. RobinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1969
- People v. NelsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1980
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