People v. Love

Section 113 — 3.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 allows circuit courts to order defendants who receive the services of appointed counsel to pay reimbursement for those services. 725 ILCS 5/113 — 3.1 (West 1994). This appeal concerns the appropriate procedures to be followed in ordering reimbursement under section 113 — 3.1.

FACTS

Defendant, Genealyn Love, was charged by indictment in the circuit court of Kankakee County with one count of aggravated battery with a firearm and one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. At his initial court appearance on January 19, 1995,…