People v. Ellis

Defendant appeals from an order revoking his probation and sentencing him to a term of three to nine years. He contends (1) the State failed to prove that he violated his probation, and (2) the court erred when it sentenced him without knowing the facts surrounding the commission of his original offense.

On November 23, 1973, Judge Pavlik accepted defendant’s guilty plea to a charge of robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 18 — 1(a)) and sentenced him to two years probation. Subsequently, a petition for violation of probation was filed against him, alleging he committed the offense of…