People v. Anderson

Following a bench trial, defendant was convicted of aggravated battery and was sentenced to two years imprisonment (111. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 12 — 4.) On appeal he contends (1) he was deprived of his right to an impartial trier of fact because the trial judge was a former neighbor of a prosecution witness who was the mother of the complainant; (2) he should not be bound by his attorney’s waiver of the opportunity to request that the trial judge recuse himself; (3) there was ineffective assistance of counsel when his attorney, without consulting him, waived the opportunity to ask the…