PEOPLE v. SIMPSON

No. 72-227.

17 Ill. App.3d 878 (1974)

309 N.E.2d 28

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LUTHER Q. SIMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

February 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Farrell, Deputy Defender, of Mt. Vernon (J. Earl Crisel, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney, of Belleville, for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

PER CURIAM:

The defendant was indicted for murder, and, after a jury had been selected and sworn for trial on that charge, entered into a negotiated plea of guilty of voluntary manslaughter.

In this appeal, the defendant contends that the trial court failed to inform him of the nature of the charge, as required by Supreme Court Rule 402(a)(1), and failed to determine that the plea was voluntary and failed to determine that no...

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