PEOPLE v. KRANTZ

Nos. 46078, 46252.

58 Ill.2d 187 (1974)

317 N.E.2d 559

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. RICHARD KRANTZ, Appellee. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOHN BARR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Basil G. Greanias, State's Attorney, of Decatur (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and Patrick M. Walsh, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

John F. McNichols, Deputy Defender, of Springfield (John L. Swartz, Assistant Defender, of counsel), for appellee.

Paul Bradley, First Deputy Appellate Defender, of Chicago (Kenneth L. Jones and Lynn Sara Frackman, Assistant Appellate Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and William F. Linkul, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed. Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Two indictments returned in the circuit court of Macon County charged Richard Krantz, the defendant under No. 46078, with the offense of forgery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 17-3). On September 18, 1972, through his attorney, Krantz withdrew pleas of not guilty he had entered and offered what were negotiated pleas of guilty to both...

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