People v. Burke

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES

delivered the opinion of the court: This is an appeal from a plea of guilty to robbery made by the defendant, Edward Clarence Burke, at arraignment proceedings on August 15, 1974. The defendant had been charged in a five-count information filed on that same day with armed robbery, felony theft, unlawful use of weapons, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, and robbery. All of the offenses charged in the information were alleged to have also occurred on that same day.

At the arraignment the defendant waived his right to counsel and his right to grand jury…