People v. Floyd

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Following a hearing, the defendant, Ulysses Floyd, was found to be in violation of the terms of his probation for having been convicted of another crime. He was then sentenced to a term of from two to five years in the Illinois State penitentiary.

Two issues are presented on review: (I) whether the trial court revoked the defendant’s probation without due process of law since a portion of the evidence considered at the probation revocation hearing was the defendant’s admission he had been convicted of a later crime;…