People v. Bellson

Tony Bellson, defendant, was indicted in Rock Island County for the crime of selling heroin. The defendant pled guilty to one of the indictments charging this crime and applied for probation. A hearing was had, the application for probation was denied and the defendant was sentenced to not less than one nor more than five years in the penitentiary.

The defendant raises several issues in this appeal, one being that there was a manipulation of judges during the various hearings had in the trial and that such contrived manipulation resulted in prejudice to him. During oral argument before this…