People v. Dudley

After pleading guilty in the circuit court of Cook County on May 15, 1972, to an indictment charging attempted rape, Mose Dudley, the defendant, was sentenced to a term of from 3 to 8 years. On appeal (15 Ill. App. 3d 18) the appellate court affirmed the conviction but reduced the defendant’s sentence to a term of 2 years and 8 months to conform with the maximum sentence permitted under the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 1001 — 1—1 et seq.). We granted the defendant’s petition for leave to appeal.

On this appeal the defendant states that his plea of guilty was…