People v. Gregory

Defendant was convicted of burglary upon his plea of guilty. He was admitted to probation for a term of two years on August 8, 1969. On July 28, 1971, a petition to revoke probation was filed and after hearing on October 1, 1971, probation was revoked and sentence of one to two and one-half years was imposed. Defendant appeals.

Upon appeal counsel urged that the indictment is void for want of a sufficient allegation of the elements of burglary. This issue was not presented during the revocation proceedings and is raised for the first time here. The State’s Attorney points out that there was…