The PEOPLE v. Simmons

The defendant Roy Simmons has prosecuted this writ of error pro se to review a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair County adjudging him guilty of manslaughter pursuant to his plea of guilty, and sentencing him to a term of 9 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. Defendant contends that he was not granted a trial within four months of his incarceration; that the allegations of the indictment did not support his conviction, and that he was not adequately admonished as to the effect of his plea of guilty.

From the record it appears that defendant was indicted in a single count on…