People v. Montes

ILLINOIS OFFICIAL REPORTS Appellate Court People v. Montes,

2013 IL App (2d) 111132

Appellate Court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Caption AUGUSTINE T. MONTES, Defendant-Appellant. District & No. Second District Docket No. 2-11-1132 Filed June 28, 2013 Held Defendant’s convictions in absentia for attempted first-degree murder (Note: This syllabus and aggravated discharge of a firearm were upheld where defendant was constitutes no part of properly admonished about a trial in absentia, the trial was scheduled the opinion of the court when he was in court, he failed to…