I am in Illinois. A judge ordered the public defenders office to appoint counsel in Dec 2004 to defend me against 4 misdemeanor charges. My first P.D. met me at my pre trial Feb. 8 for about 5 minutes. He quit without my knowledge. My second P.D. met me at the continued pre trial March 29. I spoke to him for about 5 minutes. He promptly asked and received leave to withdraw from the judge. Neither P.D. has done any work on the cases or were familiar with the cases. The judge ordered me to represent myself. I asked the states attorney if she was seeking jail time and she said she would not make any guarantees at that time. I filed a petition for substitution of judge for cause alleging that the judge has violated my 6th amendment rights to counsel. I will have to have a hearing in front of the chief judge which has not been set yet. Since the chief judge has not made a determination if the trial judge has denied me my right to representation, is the court obligated to appoint me some type of counsel for this hearing?
Thanks for any info.
Thanks for any info.