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LANE v. WILLIAMS

No. 80-1240.

455 U.S. 624 (1982)

LANE, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR v. WILLIAMS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 23, 1982

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Weinstein, Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, and Herbert L. Caplan and Melbourn A. Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General.

Martha A. Mills, by appointment of the Court, 453 U.S. 921, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1975, respondents pleaded guilty in Illinois state court to a charge of burglary, an offense punishable at that time by imprisonment for an indeterminate term of years and a mandatory 3-year parole term. We granted certiorari to consider whether the failure of the trial court to advise respondents of that mandatory parole requirement before accepting their guilty pleas deprived them of due process of law. We are...

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