People v. McGruder

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE T. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

A two-count indictment charged the 17-year-old defendant with burglary and rape. (Defendant, on September 27, 1971, had followed a woman into her home and forcibly raped her.) On the day set for trial, he requested leave to withdraw his plea of not guilty and to enter a negotiated plea of guilty. In return for the plea, the State was to dismiss the rape charge. The trial judge admonished defendant of his rights, conditionally accepted his plea of guilty by not entering judgment thereon, and continued the case in order that the…