THE PEOPLE v. KONTOPOULOS

No. 37010.

26 Ill.2d 388 (1962)

186 N.E.2d 312

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JAMES KONTOPOULOS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT J. McDONNELL and HARVEY J. POWERS, 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 and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and RUDOLPH L. JANEGA and JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant entered a plea of guilty in the criminal court of Cook County to an indictment charging him with reckless homicide. We have issued a writ of error to review the judgment of conviction.

The sole contention advanced by the defendant is that the court did not properly admonish him of the consequences of his plea of guilty...

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