People v. Gambill

Mme JUSTICE SPOMER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Melvin Gambill, was charged by indictment with two counts of attempt murder and charged by information with aggravated assault. After he was found fit to stand trial by a jury, defendant entered a negotiated plea of guilty to the offense of attempt voluntary manslaughter on January 5, 1977. He was sentenced to five years of probation.

A petition to revoke probation was filed on January 16, 1978, and on May 18 defendant, represented by retained counsel, admitted the probation violation in court. Following delays for psychiatric…