People v. Handlon

On October 17, 1973, defendant Norman Handlon entered a plea of guilty to the offenses of aggravated battery and attempt murder. A five-year term of probation was imposed. On April 2,1974, after a hearing on a rule to show cause why defendant’s probation should not be revoked, the trial court entered a finding the conditions of probation had been violated and imposed sentence of 1 to 10 years on the aggravated battery charge and 4 to 20 years on the attempt murder charge. This appeal is from the probation revocation proceedings.

The issues raised on appeal are whether a presentence…