People v. Brooks

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• finding that defendant did not make a clear and unequivocal waiver where his statement that he did not need counsel “at the present time” was made to avoid a continuance
• the defendant did not waive counsel where he stated that he did not need counsel “ ‘at this present time’ ” in order to avoid a continuance at a preliminary hearing and did not renew the request at later proceedings
• the defendant did not waive counsel where he stated that he did not need counsel “ 'at this present time' ” in order to avoid a continuance at a preliminary hearing and did not renew the request at later proceedings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Burton
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-10-01· cited 187×
• People v. Rainey
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-06-05· cited 23×
• People v. Kleiss
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-10-29· cited 13×
• People v. Trotter
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-08-21· cited 11×
• People v. Woodruff
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-07-02· cited 7×
• People v. Willis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2022-10-21

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• People v. Gilmore
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-03-18· cited 255×
• People v. Lyons
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1974-11-27· cited 25×