PEOPLE v. DAVIS

Gen. No. 10,963.

103 Ill. App.2d 239 (1968)

242 N.E.2d 609

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Elvis Davis, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

December 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn O. Fuller, Public Defender, of Decatur, for appellant.

Basil G. Greanias, State's Attorney of Macon County, of Decatur (Thomas J. Yockey, of counsel), for appellee.


TRAPP, P.J.

Defendant appeals from his conviction entered upon a plea of guilty to an information charging theft of property exceeding $150 in value. His petition for probation was denied, and sentence was fixed at an indeterminate term of not less than one year nor more than ten years.

Defendant states his theory to be that the court had no jurisdiction to accept a plea of guilty because the court failed to inform the defendant of the penalty which might...

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