The People v. Poppe

Plaintiff in error, Edward Poppe, hereinafter called the defendant, was indicted in the circuit court of Winnebago county on the charge of burglary and as a habitual criminal. Upon arraignment he signed a written waiver of trial by jury and entered a plea of guilty. The court explained fully to the defendant the meaning and effect of the entry of a plea of guilty. The defendant oersisted in his plea and the court adjudged him guilty 01 ourglary and larceny and of a violation of the Habitual Criminal Act as charged in the indictment. He was thereupon sentenced to imprisonment in the Illinois…