Legal Opinion
People v. Mims
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 29, 1981No. 77-1356PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN
delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial held on July 21,1977, defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to 14 to 20 years in the penitentiary. The appeal filed by defendant’s privately retained counsel was dismissed for want of prosecution on June 28, 1978. Counsel made a motion to withdraw as defendant’s attorney on April 24, 1979, which was denied for lack of jurisdiction. The State Appellate Defender was substituted as defendant’s attorney and moved to vacate the order dismissing the appeal, which was denied on August 27,1979. In People v.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- People v. WheelerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- Peters v. KiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Peters v. KiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Brown v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1899
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3Cited by13 opinions
- People v. PayneAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
- People v. JonesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- People v. BeltonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
- People v. TurnerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
- People v. FrazierAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
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