People v. Trenter

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Albert W. Trenter, the defendant, pleaded guilty to a criminal complaint charging him with burglary. The plea was accepted by the court pursuant to a negotiated plea and the defendant was sentenced to 1-2 years in the penitentiary.

The 57 year old defendant now challenges his waiver of indictment and his plea, claiming that he was improperly admonished under Supreme Court Rules 401, 402. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 110A, pars. 401, 402.

During the arraignment on January 13, 1971, the court advised defendant that he could “wait…