Legal Opinion

People v. M.W.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided July 19, 1993No. 5-92-0188PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE CHAPMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

“For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out ***.”1

Harry Garay’s mellifluous reminder to thousands of Cub fans of one of the basic rules of baseball is echoed by the minor’s claim that the trial court acted improperly at all three phases of the proceedings below: (1) by denying him counsel at the detention phase, (2) by not advising him properly and by using testimony from the detention phase at the adjudication phase, and (3) by succumbing to the influence of earlier contacts with other members of the minor’s family at the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. McKeiver v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. In Re BeasleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
  3. People v. StewartIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Walter Stewart v. Howard Peters, IIICourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
  5. People Ex Rel. Houghland v. LeonardIllinois Supreme Court · 1953

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Czajka v. Department of Employment SecurityAppellate Court of Illinois · 2008
  2. People v. BouyerAppellate Court of Illinois · 2002
  3. Czajka v. The Department of Employment SecurityAppellate Court of Illinois · 2008
  4. People v. BouyerAppellate Court of Illinois · 2002

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