People v. Guttendorf

Case Date: 01/14/2000
Court: 3rd District Appellate
Docket No: 3-99-0230

People v. Guttendorf, No. 3-99-0230

3rd District, 14 January 2000

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

ROBERT W. GUTTENDORF,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the 21st Judicial Circuit Kankakee County, Illinois

No. 97--CF--587

Honorable Daniel Gould, Judge, Presiding.

JUSTICE LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this case is whether defendant's closed circuit television appearance at his guilty plea hearing violates his right to be physically present under the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. I,