People v. Williams

Kenneth Richard Williams, the defendant, appeals from the judgment below which revoked probation and imposed a sentence of 2-10 years on the original charge of burglary. He claims that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to conduct the revocation hearing and to impose sentence because of an unreasonable delay in proceeding.

Defendant pleaded guilty to burglary on May 10, 1968, and was placed on probation for a period of 5 years. On April 25, 1969, the State’s Attorney of Lake County, Illinois, filed a petition to revoke defendant’s probation for failure to report to the Probation Officer…