People v. Carle

The defendant appeared with counsel before the circuit court of Mercer County and pled guilty to the charge of theft of property valued over $150.00. The trial judge accepted the defendant’s plea and sentenced him to the State penitentiary for a period of two to five years.

The defendant has filed this appeal on the basis that he was denied due process of law because the trial judge failed to properly admonish him of the consequences of a guilty plea.

The United States Supreme Court in Boykin v. Alabama (1969), 395 U.S. 238, 23 L.Ed.2d 274, 89 S.Ct. 1709, stated:

“Several federal constitutional…