The PEOPLE v. Green

The defendant, Bernard Green, was found guilty of petty theft after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County and was sentenced to one year at the Illinois State Farm. On this appeal he contends that he was deprived of his constitutional right to the assistance o-f- counsel of his choice, that he did not knowingly waive a jury trial, and that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

We-have concluded that the defendant’s first contention must be sustained. It is therefore unnecessary to describe the facts beyond observing that the principal issue in the case concerned the…