People v. Aloian

The defendant, James Aloian, was charged on two separate occasions with the offenses of driving while license suspended and speeding. Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Tazewell County, the defendant was convicted as charged and sentenced to a term of incarceration of 120 days in the Department of Correction’s State Penal Farm.

Two issues are raised by the defendant on appeal: whether the trial judge properly denied the defendant’s motion for a continuance to obtain counsel on the day the defendant’s case was set for trial; and whether the sentence imposed upon the defendant is…