People v. Elliott

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CRAVEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant plead guilty to an information charging two counts of forgery. He waived his right to counsel and grand jury indictment on December 16, 1971. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of 3 to 10 years. Subsequent to the appeal from the conviction and sentence, defendant filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus which was denied on April 27, 1972. Defendant also appealed from this dismissal. The issues on this appeal relate to the sufficiency of the admonition given to defendant at the time he plead guilty,…