People v. Wilson

The defendant, James Wilson, was charged with the crime of burglary in an information filed by the State. The defendant was arraigned and pleaded guilty. Judgment was entered upon the plea, and the defendant was sentenced to serve a term of one year to one year and three months in the Illinois State Penitentiary. From this judgment the defendant appeals.

The defendant contends (1) that the trial court accepted his waiver of indictment and plea of guilty without advising him of his rights as required by Supreme Court Rule 401, (2) that the record does not affirmatively show that his plea of…