The People v. Evans

September 19, 1939, the defendant, Charles Evans, was indicted in the circuit court of St. Clair county for the crime of rape. Defendant pleaded guilty and, on December 22, 1939, judgment was entered sentencing him to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. Appearing pro se, Evans prosecutes this writ of error. No bill of exceptions has been filed.

Defendant first contends that a judgment of conviction resulting from a plea of guilty obtained through coercion, trickery, or false promises, violates the due-process-of-law clause of the fourteenth amendment to the Federal constitution. In the…