People v. Carlisle

The defendant was convicted of the offense of misconduct by an inmate upon his plea of guilty. The sentence of not less than 1 nor more than 3 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary consecutive to the sentence he was then serving was imposed. Upon this direct appeal, the defendant contends that the trial court erred in accepting his plea of guilty without first establishing a factual basis for the plea as required by Supreme Court Rule 402(c) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 110A, f 402(c)), and without ascertaining that the plea was voluntary as required by Supreme Court Rule 402(b) (Ill. Rev.…