People v. Harter

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court;

Elton Vemer Harter was charged with delivering a forged check in the amount of $30 with intent to defraud (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 17 — 3. ) He was convicted .after a jury trial and thereafter sentenced to 3-10 years in the penitentiary.

For reversal, defendant urges that the incompetence of appointed counsel, particularly in the failure to move to suppress evidence, deprived him of a fair trial; also that he was prejudiced by the court’s failure to allot a reasonable fee to obtain a handwriting expert (and by…