Legal Opinion

People v. Davis

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided July 22, 1971No. 55084PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McGLOON

This is an appeal from a judgment of guilty entered against defendant upon defendant’s plea of guilty. The only issue raised on appeal is that when the trial court admonished defendant before accepting his plea of guilty, it failed to inform defendant that he was waiving trial by a judge without a jury as well as a trial by jury and that defendant, therefore, did not intelligently waive his Sixth Amendment right to be tried on the charge against him.

We affirm.

Defendant was charged with armed robbery in violation of Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 38, sec. 18 — 2. He entered a plea of guilty on…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. NordstromAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
  2. The People v. WallaceIllinois Supreme Court · 1971

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. FeiglesonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
  2. People v. NickolsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973

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