People v. Doe

The defendant, John Doe, alias Tony Thomas, alias Thomas Cleaves, was charged on September 29, 1970, with three counts of armed robbery, one count of attempt rape and two counts of attempt murder. Defendant entered a plea of guilty to each of the charges and was sentenced to concurrent terms of five to twenty years (armed robbery), five to ten years (attempt rape) and five to ten years (attempt murder) in the Illinois State Penitentiary.

On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court violated Supreme Court Rule 402(c) by entering judgment on his guilty plea without determining that there…