People v. Melvin

On April 10,1967, defendant appeared in court for arraignment and entered a plea of guilty to the charge of uttering and publishing a forged check on or about February 2, 1967, payable to himself in the sum of $21 and signed by Harold Ray and Linda Ray. The plea of guilty was accepted. From such plea defendant appeals. He claims that the court failed to inform him of the nature of the accusation and that his plea was not “understandingly made”.

A synopsis of the total proceedings in this matter reveals that' on March 16, 1967, the defendant was arrested pursuant to a warrant issued the same…