People v. Roberts

The defendant appeals from a sentence of from 2 to 5 years in the penitentiary upon his plea of guilty to an information charging escape from Pontiac State Penitentiary. On his appeal, he asserts that he did not understandingly waive his right to indictment by a grand jury and that certain remarks of the trial court effectively coerced a plea of guilty.

On September 26, 1969, an information was filed charging the defendant with the offense of escape as the same is defined in Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, sec. 31 — 6(a). Thereafter, on the 23rd of October, 1969, counsel was appointed, and the…