PEOPLE v. TORRES

No. 2-94-1317.

665 N.E.2d 519 (1996)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramon TORRES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

May 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender and Paul Alexander Rogers, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Ramon Torres.

Douglas P. Floski, Ogle County State's Attorney, Oregon, William L. Browers, Deputy Director and Mary Beth Burns, State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutors, Elgin, for the People of the State of Illinois.


Justice COLWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Ramon Torres, appeals his convictions of theft (720 ILCS 5/16-1(a)(4)(A) (West 1994)) and attempted retail theft (720 ILCS 5/8-4(a), 16A-3(a) (West 1992)). Defendant contends that his convictions must be vacated because the stipulated bench trial was tantamount to a guilty plea and the trial court failed to admonish him in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 402 (134 Ill.2d R. 402). We affirm.

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