People v. Bain

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of St. Clair County denying defendant’s pro se petition for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing. The sole issue presented is whether the trial court committed reversible error in appointing the public defender’s office to represent defendant in these proceedings when the same officer had represented him on his original conviction, and when, after a previous appeal, the Supreme Court of Illinois had directed that counsel be appointed other than the public defender.

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