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i ae ae neee aeenn nT “. 606—OPINTON ILLINOIS v. ALLEN 3 act as his lawyer. He terminated his remarks by om ; 3 saying, ‘When I go out for lunchtime, you’re [the judge] going to be a corpse here.” At that point he tore the file which his attorney had and threw the papers on the floor. The trial judge thercupon stated to the petitioner, ‘One more outbreak of that sort and I'll remove you from the courtroom.’ This warning had no effect on the petitioner. He con- tinued to talk back to the judge, saying. ‘There’s not going to be no trial, either. [I’m going to sit here and you're going to talk and you can bring your shackles out and straight jacket and put them on me and tape my mouth, bat it will do no good , beeause there's not going ta be no trial.’ After more abusive remarks by the petitioner, the trial judge ordered the trial to proceed in the petitioner’s absence, The petitioner was removed from the courtroom The voir dire examination then con- ad irieiads ash oe Se tees ween Lill tinued and the jury was selected in the absenee of the petitioner. “After a noon recess and before the jury was brought into the courtroom, the petitioner, appear- ing before the judge, complained ‘about the fairness of the trial and his appointed attorney. He also said he wanted to be present in the court during his trial. In reply, the judge said that the peti- tioner would be permitted to remain in the court- room if he ‘behaved [himself] and [did] not inter- fere with the introduction of the case.’ The jury was brought in and seated. Counsel for the peti- tioner then moved to exclude the witnesses from the courtroom. The defendant protested this cffort on the part of his attorney, saying: ‘There is going to be no proceeding. I’m going to start talking and I’m going to keep on talking all through the trial. There's not going to be no trial like this. IT want