THE PEOPLE v. TERRY

No. 42301.

44 Ill.2d 38 (1969)

253 N.E.2d 383

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. CHARLES RAY TERRY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WHAM & WHAM, of Centralia, (ROBERT H. RATH, of counsel,) appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and RONALD A. NIEMANN, State's Attorney, of Salem, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The question appearing on this appeal is whether the admonition given by the trial court before it accepted the defendant's plea of guilty was adequate.

On June 23, 1965, Charles Ray Terry, appeared pro se in the circuit court of Marion County, waived indictment and his right to counsel and pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary...

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