People v. Walsh

At a violation of probation hearing, defendant, Daniel Walsh, was found guilty of violating the conditions of his probation and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. The issues before this court are (1) whether defendant’s petition for substitution of judges was improperly denied; (2) whether the State failed to meet its burden of proving that defendant wilfully refused to pay his probation fee; (3) whether defendant’s due process rights were violated by the trial court’s failure to make a written statement of the evidence relied on in revoking defendant’s probation; (4) whether it was…