The PEOPLE v. Jackson

Defendant, Clifford Jackson, who was represented by counsel and fully admonished by the trial court, waived prosecution by indictment (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 38, par. 702), and pleaded guilty to an information for burglary in the circuit court of Winnebago County. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than five nor more than fifteen years and, presenting only the common-law record, he now prosecutes this writ of error to review that judgment.

For his first contention defendant asserts, completely de hors the record and in contradiction of the allegations in the…