People v. Long

Defendant, Jesse Long, was indicted by the Winnebago County Grand Jury for the offenses of rape, aggravated kidnapping and armed robbery. On September 24, 1973, defendant plead guilty to all three counts. At the subsequent sentencing hearing defendant was sentenced to concurrent terms of 10-25 years in prison. He appeals.

The issues on appeal are:

I. Whether the trial court should have sua sponte ordered a com-potency hearing to determine defendant’s competency to enter a guilty plea when it was presented with evidence of defendant’s history of cerebral concussion, chronic alcoholism, alcoholic…