People v. Jenkins

The defendant was prosecuted under the Controlled Substances Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 56½, par. 1401), waived indictment by the grand jury, entered a plea of guilty to the charge and was sentenced to a term of 1 to 3 years in the penitentiary. The sole issue presented on review is whether the trial court adequately admonished the defendant as to the nature of the charge in connection with the defendant’s waiver of his right to indictment by a grand jury and his plea of guilty to the charge. We affirm.

On May 10, 1973, Deputy Michael Smith filed a complaint charging that on February 27,…