PEOPLE v. ATTWOOD

No. 72-104.

10 Ill. App.3d 381 (1973)

293 N.E.2d 495

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIAM ATTWOOD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

March 12, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Geis, of Defender Project, of Ottawa, for appellant.

F. Stewart Merdian, Assistant State's Attorney, of Rock Island, for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, William Attwood, pleaded guilty to the charge of misdemeanor theft in the Circuit Court of Rock Island County and received a sentence of one year in the state penal farm.

On this appeal defendant argues that prior to the acceptance of his guilty plea the court failed to comply with Supreme Court Rule 402. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 110A, sec. 402.) Several aspects...

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