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People v. Phillips

Citations

  • 911 N.E.2d 462
  • 392 Ill. App. 3d 243
  • 331 Ill. Dec. 641
  • 2009 Ill. App. LEXIS 424

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  • finding that standby counsel was not required and noting that the defendant was 41 years old and no stranger to criminal proceedings
  • finding that standby counsel was not required and noting that the defendant was 41 years old and no stranger to criminal proceedings
  • stating that a trial court is presumed to know the law and apply it properly
  • inferring that defendant knowingly or intentionally committed battery from act of punching with closed fist and angry conduct prior to battery
  • noting that, “[a]lthough the trial court in the case at bar did not recite these factors on the record, a trial court - 39 - No. 1-21-1421 is presumed to know the law and apply it properly”
  • observing that “since defendant had, until that moment, been represented by appointed counsel, he knew that he had a right both to counsel in general and to appointed counsel due to being indigent”

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Judges: Robert E. Gordon

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