People v. Dudley

The defendant, Mose Dudley, was convicted of attempted rape in the Circuit Court of Cook County after he entered a plea of guilty, and he was sentenced to a term of three to eight years in the Illinois State Penitentiary.

The issues on appeal are whether the trial court failed to observe the procedure prescribed in Supreme Court Rule 402, and whether the sentence was excessive.

A stipulation of facts reveals the defendant was apprehended while attempting to rape Betty Juska in the vestibule at 515 West Wrightwood in the City of Chicago on January 23, 1972.

A review of the common law record shows…