People v. McKinley

On September 24, 1964, defendant McKinley was arraigned in the Lake county circuit court on an information charging involuntary manslaughter. The presiding judge was the Hon. Harold Van Domelen, assigned to the Lake circuit by the Supreme Court. The prosecutor moved to amend the charge to negligent homicide, 2 and the charge as so amended was the one to which defendant entered his plea of guilty. The court interrogated defendant to ascertain that his plea was voluntarily made with full knowledge of his right to trial and without threats or promises. The court further questioned defendant as…