People v. Brown

PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in absentia the defendant, Layconia Brown, was convicted of the offense of residential burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 19 — 3) and sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment. The judgment of conviction and sentence was entered on May 18, 1982. Defendant’s appointed counsel, still in the absence of the defendant, caused a notice of appeal of the conviction and sentence to be filed by the circuit clerk on June 8,1982.

Defendant was arrested on an outstanding warrant and on September 29, 1982, appeared…