People v. Young

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE RECHENMACHER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was sentenced to a term of three to nine years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to a charge of burglary. He appeals, contending that the record fails to affirmatively show that the trial court exercised its discretion under the Illinois Dangerous Drug Abuse Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 91%, par. 120.1 et seq.), and that the trial court’s judgment must therefore be reversed and the cause remanded for a new sentencing hearing.

We observe that the defendant failed to file the motion to withdraw his plea…