Appellate Court of Illinois

Guilty plea for aggravated driving under the influence is reversed and remanded where defendant was deprived of effective counsel at the plea proceedings when defense counsel did not (1) seek dismissal of a aggravated DUI charge on speedy-trial grounds for not being raised in timely manner.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/29/2008
• Published 06/03/2008

Judges

• Justice GILLERAN JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Appellate Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas A. Lilien, Deputy Defender, R. Christopher White (both Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Craven F. Phipps., Philip J. Nicolosi, Winnebago County State's Attorney, Rockford, Lawrence M. Bauer, Deputy Director, Joan M. Kripke, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.