Legal Opinion
People v. Woodruff
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 2, 1980No. 15866PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE MILLS
delivered the opinion of the court:
Must a trial judge advise a defendant of his right to defend pro se?
No.
We affirm.
Woodruff was charged with four counts of aggravated battery and three counts of battery. A jury convicted him of one count of aggravated battery and three counts of battery. He was then sentenced to 10 years for the aggravated battery and three terms of 364 days each for the battery convictions. All the sentences are to be served concurrent to each other but consecutive to the sentences that defendant was serving at the time of the offense.
On appeal,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Von Moltke v. GilliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States ex rel. Maldonado v. DennoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- People v. HeidelbergAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
- United States v. Linwood WhiteCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by5 opinions
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