People v. Yackle

On October 11,1973, defendant, Ron Yackle, entered a negotiated plea of guilty to unlawful possession and delivery of less than 30 grams of cocaine, a controlled substance. Pursuant to the negotiations the court imposed a sentence of five years’ probation and a fine of *4,500. Subsequently, defendant’s probation was revoked in a negotiated disposition and pursuant thereto the court imposed a single sentence of three to 12 years in the penitentiary, with credit for the 18 months he had served on probation and excused any further payment of the *4,500 fine. On appeal the only issue defendant…