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PEOPLE v. ROBERTS

No. 11626.

5 Ill. App.3d 840 (1972)

284 N.E.2d 298

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JIMMY ROBERTS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

June 12, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. McNichols, of Defender Project, of Springfield, for appellant.

John G. Satter, Jr., State's Attorney, of Pontiac, (Richard E. Scott, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAVEN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant appeals from a sentence of from 2 to 5 years in the penitentiary upon his plea of guilty to an information charging escape from Pontiac State Penitentiary. On his appeal, he asserts that he did not understandingly waive his right to indictment by a grand jury and that certain remarks of the trial court effectively coerced a plea of guilty.

On September 26, 1969...

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