THE PEOPLE v. CLEGGETT

No. 35493.

22 Ill.2d 471 (1961)

177 N.E.2d 187

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ROBERT CLEGGETT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SAMUEL PAPANEK, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER, and WILLIAM L. CARLIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary following pleas of guilty to seven indictments, six of which charged him with the crime of armed robbery and the other with assault with intent to commit murder and assault with a deadly weapon. His principal contention on this writ of error is that the court erred in accepting his pleas of guilty when there...

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