People v. Bratu

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Emil Bratu, was indicted for the unlawful sale and the unlawful dispensing of narcotic drugs in violation of Ill Rev Stats 1967, c 38, § 22-3. Bratu pied guilty and was sentenced to the penitentiary for concurrent terms of not less than ten years nor more than ten years and one day.

The defendant raises the following contentions on appeal: the trial court failed to determine if his guilty plea was voluntarily entered; he was not fully informed as to the consequences of his plea, and the penalty provisions of the…