People v. McCollum

Petitioner, David McCollum, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief. The issue presented on appeal is whether the trial court’s erroneous admonition of the length of the period of parole attached to petitioner’s sentence rendered his guilty pleas involuntary, in violation of Supreme Court Rule 402 (a) (2) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 110A, par. 402 (a) (2)) and petitioner’s constitutional right to due process.

We affirm the judgment of the trial court dismissing the post-conviction petition.

On January 23,1973, following plea…